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Description: | Bold sweeps of colour are employed in this classical scene. Alexander and Roxanna are placed in the centre of a pyramidal composition before heavy rusticated piers. The yellow and red of their cape and gown draw the viewer's attention to them. By using sweeping forms of red at the top and left of the painting, the artist effectively created the impression of a curtain being drawn back. This device, popular in eighteenth-century Italian art, lends a theatrical atmosphere to the episode of the banquet of Alexander and Roxana. | Subjects: | interior (palace); figure; history (Alexander the Great; Roxana) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Beaumont, Claudio Francesco (Italian artist, 1694-1766) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8913... | Go to resource |
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