The Most Terrifying Painting I Have Ever Seen

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Re: The Most Terrifying Painting I Have Ever Seen

Postby compared2what? » Wed May 01, 2013 7:31 pm

William T. Walters commissioned this painting in 1863, but the artist did not deliver it until 20 years later. In a letter to Walters, Gérôme identified the setting as ancient Rome's racecourse, the Circus Maximus. He noted such details as the goal posts and the chariot tracks in the dirt. The seating, however, more closely resembles that of the Colosseum, Rome's amphitheater, in which gladiatorial combats and other spectacles were held. Similarly, the hill in the background surmounted by a colossal statue and a temple is nearer in appearance to the Athenian Acropolis than it is to Rome's Palatine Hill. The artist also commented on the religious fortitude of the victims who were about to suffer martyrdom either by being devoured by the wild beasts or by being smeared with pitch and set ablaze, which also never took place in the Circus Maximus. In this instance, Gérôme, whose paintings were usually admired for their sense of reality, has subordinated historical accuracy to drama


FWIW.

From http://art.thewalters.org/detail/36782/ ... st-prayer/

It's in Baltimore, that painting, if anyone from those parts wants to go see it.
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Re: The Most Terrifying Painting I Have Ever Seen

Postby kenoma » Wed May 01, 2013 8:20 pm

82_28 wrote:I wouldn't call it "Christian propaganda" at all. If you check out his other shit, Gerome doesn't seem to have an agenda. I don't know much about him other than what I have read. Terrifying photo still.


FFS.
The bolded shit terrifies me.
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Re: The Most Terrifying Painting I Have Ever Seen

Postby FourthBase » Wed May 01, 2013 8:26 pm

kenoma wrote:
82_28 wrote:I wouldn't call it "Christian propaganda" at all. If you check out his other shit, Gerome doesn't seem to have an agenda. I don't know much about him other than what I have read. Terrifying photo still.


FFS.
The bolded shit terrifies me.


Bhahahaha, maybe that time-traveling television set in the Vatican ain't a joke.

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Re: The Most Terrifying Painting I Have Ever Seen

Postby stillrobertpaulsen » Wed May 01, 2013 8:26 pm

82_28 wrote:How did I come across this random work? Searching for the significance of "303".


303? Don't know the significance, but this came to mind:

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