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Description: | The ruins represented in this painting do not seem to correspond to any known Roman monument. Viviano Codazzi often gathered fragments of architecture and sculptural details to compose imaginary townscapes, or vedute ideate. The palette of dark browns and greys and the dramatic effects of perspective are also characteristic of Codazzi's style. His grandiose architecture is the setting for lively street scenes. Some beggars rest at the feet of an obelisk dedicated to the emperor Caracalla, while a woman feeds chicken nearby. The figures were usually added by other painters, such as Domenico Gargiulo. | Subjects: | townscape (capriccio); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Codazzi, Viviano (Italian painter, ca. 1604-1670) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8950... | Go to resource |
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