This was not one of his epic tales, but he still managed to paint every scene with stunning architectural details, great colours, attractive flowers and beautiful young women.
Alma-Tadema helped to give Victorian art a bad reputation but now he is recognised for his skills and colours - though the subjects ae still rather twee for us. You can never accuse a Victorian of too much sentimentality.
This was not one of his epic tales, but he still managed to paint every scene with stunning architectural details, great colours, attractive flowers and beautiful young women.
ReplyDeleteAlma-Tadema helped to give Victorian art a bad reputation but now he is recognised for his skills and colours - though the subjects ae still rather twee for us. You can never accuse a Victorian of too much sentimentality.
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