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Description: | A group of figures is framed in the right foreground by classical ruins. Beyond, the view extends to distant mountains. The all' antica theme is continued in the foreground with the reclining male figure who, with a piece of yellow cloth draped over his body, evokes classical sculpture. The juxtaposition of figures within a setting of landscape and ruins creates the sort of picturesque composition which was Panini's speciality. Such compositions by quadraturisti artists, including Panini and his tutor Francesco Galli Bibiena (1659-1739), became very popular with young British travellers in the eighteenth century as souvenirs of their Grand Tour. | Subjects: | landscape; buildings and gardens (ruins); figure; animal (dog) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Panini, Giovanni Paolo (Italian painter, ca. 1692-1765) Æ School of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8849... | Go to resource |
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