French Art
by JAMART Photography
Title
French Art
Artist
JAMART Photography
Medium
Photograph - Art Photography
Description
FAA6727
Eugène Delacroix, The Death of Sardanapalus
Les Salles Rouges (The Red Rooms)
Paris France
2011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Sardanapalus
The Death of Sardanapalus is an oil painting on canvas by Eugène Delacroix, dated 1827. It currently hangs in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. A smaller replica, painted by Delacroix in 1844, is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Death of Sardanapalus is based on the tale of Sardanapalus, a king of Assyria, from the historical library of Diodorus Siculus, the ancient Greek historian, and is a work of the era of Romanticism. This painting uses rich, vivid and warm colours, and broad brushstrokes. It was inspired by Lord Byron's play Sardanapalus (1821), and in turn inspired a cantata by Hector Berlioz, Sardanapale (1830), and also Franz Liszt's opera, Sardanapalo (1845–1852, unfinished).
https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/think-big
The Red Rooms, which derived their name from the colour of their walls, are home to some of the largest paintings in the Louvre, including masterpieces by the greatest 19th-century French painters from David to Delacroix.
The largest French paintings in the Louvre
Napoleon I reportedly exclaimed ‘One can walk through this painting!’ when he saw Jacques-Louis David’s depiction of his coronation ceremony. At six metres high and almost ten metres wide it is certainly an impressive work, giving the viewer a sense of actually attending the ceremony. That is the effect that these huge history paintings can create – so it was important to find an exhibition space that would do them justice.
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