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about the Art of Saverio Polloni: "Pop icons of the natural world, always portraied in real life size, posing in a indefinite space with no perspective and looking at you. Painted in a flemish reinaissance accuracy with a contemporary design flavor and a touch of irony" Bernie Rhodenbarr
Monday, 6 December 2010
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
"Iconicas" or "Realistic real size painting"
Again about the "Size":
"- Libertus eius cum daret Anti munus gladiatorum,
publicas portum occupavit pictura, ut constat, gladiatorum
ministrorumque omnium veris imaginibus redditis.
Hic multi iam saeculis summus animus in pictura, ..."
"- A freedman (of emperor Nero) was ordered to paint,
on the occasion of a show of gladiators at Antium,
the public porticos with paintings in which were represented
the gladiators in realistic real size portraits.
This of the realistic image is the highest goal in painting, ..."
Pliny the Elder- "Natural History"- book XXXV- chap 34
"- Libertus eius cum daret Anti munus gladiatorum,
publicas portum occupavit pictura, ut constat, gladiatorum
ministrorumque omnium veris imaginibus redditis.
Hic multi iam saeculis summus animus in pictura, ..."
"- A freedman (of emperor Nero) was ordered to paint,
on the occasion of a show of gladiators at Antium,
the public porticos with paintings in which were represented
the gladiators in realistic real size portraits.
This of the realistic image is the highest goal in painting, ..."
Pliny the Elder- "Natural History"- book XXXV- chap 34
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