Carl Wilhelm I Kolbe - The Dance - 1916.1066 - Cleveland Museum of Art
Summary
The Dance represents a stylistic fusion of classicism and scientific naturalism that dominated landscape art at the end of the 18th century. The circle of nudes dancing to a satyr’s music, ancient ruins, and sacrificial alter evoke a classical idyll, while the surrounding landscape, particularly the tree and foreground burdocks, are rendered with botanical precision.
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Date
1600 - 1700
Source
Cleveland Museum of Art
Copyright info
public domain