Neoclassical Decorative Element Painting 18th Century
Features
Artwork title: Elemento decorativo neoclassico
Age: XVIII Century - from 1701 to 1800
Subject: Allegorical / Mythological Subject
Artistic technique: Pittura
Technical specification: Tempera
Description : Elemento decorativo neoclassico
Tempera on canvas. Decorative element from a Lombard mansion house depicting a fake marble relief composed of a rhomboid frame enclosing a basket of fruit leaning on a lion's head. Garlands of leaves outside. The Neoclassical taste favored the sculptural plasticity over the pictorial expressiveness and the predominance of shape over color. The canvas is presented in frame. Light losses of color and stains of moisture. Last quarter of the 18th century.
Product Condition:
Fair condition. Wear consistent with age and use.
Frame Size (cm):
Height: 113
Width: 95
Depth: 4
Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 112
Width: 94
Additional Information
Age: XVIII Century - from 1701 to 1800
In the century of the Enlightenment, or the exaltation of reason and science as the only tools that can free man from ignorance and the yoke of the Church and the nobility, art passes from the intent of the Baroque to tell religious truths or to imitate nature, with strong chiaroscuro contrasts and artificial excesses, to the lighter and more vaporous forms (sometimes even frivolous and affected) of the so-called Barocchetto or Rococò, to lead to Neoclassicism which, looking at the ancient art of the Greeks and Romans, wants to re-propose the discovery of beauty, in the search for harmony, proportions, balances.Find out more about the 18th century with our insights:
Discovering the Barocchetto
FineArt: Giovanni Domenico Lombardi, Conversion of a centurion, 18th century