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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3616501, member: 57463"]This is Classical:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]968920[/ATTACH] </p><p>Dramatic moment, woman weeping... but not a lot of action. Everything is made up of triangles. The dark background says that bad things are coming (in case you did not know), but we do not see what they are. Nothing scary here.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is Romantic.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]968921[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Just a guy... but scary... And you do not know why and that makes it even scarier. Plus the lines and texture are moving and deep and varied. It is alive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now... funny thing, the Oath of the Horatii was done in 1784. Then, there was a revolution. Twenty years later, the same artist painted this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]968925[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is sloping, slanting pulling your eyes up to new heights as Napoleon points the way forward. And the moment is frozen, but the motion is ready to explode. The horse's wild eyes make you tremble with excitement for the charge to come. This is Romanticism. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is Classicism:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]968932[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ok... What do they look like?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3616501, member: 57463"]This is Classical: [ATTACH=full]968920[/ATTACH] Dramatic moment, woman weeping... but not a lot of action. Everything is made up of triangles. The dark background says that bad things are coming (in case you did not know), but we do not see what they are. Nothing scary here. This is Romantic. [ATTACH=full]968921[/ATTACH] Just a guy... but scary... And you do not know why and that makes it even scarier. Plus the lines and texture are moving and deep and varied. It is alive. Now... funny thing, the Oath of the Horatii was done in 1784. Then, there was a revolution. Twenty years later, the same artist painted this: [ATTACH=full]968925[/ATTACH] It is sloping, slanting pulling your eyes up to new heights as Napoleon points the way forward. And the moment is frozen, but the motion is ready to explode. The horse's wild eyes make you tremble with excitement for the charge to come. This is Romanticism. This is Classicism: [ATTACH=full]968932[/ATTACH] Ok... What do they look like?[/QUOTE]
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