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The dancing Faun (2020)Watercolour
by Krystyna Szczepanowski
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Original artwork description
This is one of my favourite statues ever. It's in the House of the Faun in Pompeii. A survivor of the eruption which decimated the town._x000D_
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The faun is a mythological half human–half goat creature. Fauns are often connected to Pan and Greek satyrs, or wild followers of the Greek god of wine and drama, Dionysus._x000D_
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Kenneth Clark said about this particular bronze statue: "the pose is light and graceful, the modelling well understood, the general sense of movement admirably sustained"._x000D_
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This is what I wanted to convey with my painting. The graceful movement, the anatomy, the frolicking..._x000D_
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I'll send this painting in a reinforced envelope using the French Post with a tracking number_x000D_
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NOTE: The colours shown on your screen and/or web viewing devices may vary slightly from the actual painting or print colours.
Materials used:
artist watercolour pigments on The Langton watercolour paper 300g
Details:
- Watercolour on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 59.4 x 42 x 0.2cm (unframed) / 56 x 39.5cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#dancing#statue#italy#minimal#joy#bronze#roman#partying#pompeii#faun
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Original artwork description
This is one of my favourite statues ever. It's in the House of the Faun in Pompeii. A survivor of the eruption which decimated the town._x000D_
_x000D_
The faun is a mythological half human–half goat creature. Fauns are often connected to Pan and Greek satyrs, or wild followers of the Greek god of wine and drama, Dionysus._x000D_
_x000D_
Kenneth Clark said about this particular bronze statue: "the pose is light and graceful, the modelling well understood, the general sense of movement admirably sustained"._x000D_
_x000D_
This is what I wanted to convey with my painting. The graceful movement, the anatomy, the frolicking..._x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_
I'll send this painting in a reinforced envelope using the French Post with a tracking number_x000D_
_x000D_
NOTE: The colours shown on your screen and/or web viewing devices may vary slightly from the actual painting or print colours.
Materials used:
artist watercolour pigments on The Langton watercolour paper 300g
Details:
- Watercolour on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 59.4 x 42 x 0.2cm (unframed) / 56 x 39.5cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#dancing#statue#italy#minimal#joy#bronze#roman#partying#pompeii#faun