Sujet
Invocation to Love, c. 1781. Creator: Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806).
Légende
Invocation to Love, c. 1781. Set in a lush garden, this allegory focuses on a woman pleading for help from a statue of Eros. His blindfold alludes to the uncertain outcome of her affair, while the indifferent putto leaning on an orb suggests this woman is not the first to make a desperate appeal to the god of Love. Details like the antique statuary, the woman?s Roman sandals, and her position parallel to the picture plane (much like depictions on ancient sculptural reliefs) reflect Neoclassical style. However, Fragonard?s portrayal of the woman?s feelings through her pose and the billowing robes anticipates Romanticism, a late 18th-century artistic and literary movement that celebrated emotion as a source of aesthetic experience.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F88_163
Model release
NA
Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
56,6Mo (5,6Mo) / 41,8cm x 33,9cm / 4940 x 4005 (300dpi)