Art Institute of Chicago
Apollo and Diana
John Flaxman, IILinkedCulture matchlcp-6467d3f86dd0
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 77257
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
These are preparatory drawings for illustrations of Alexander Pope's translations of Homer. The conjunction of Flaxman and Pope presents the essence of English neoclassicism: Flaxman was one of its most influential artists; Pope perhaps its central poet. In these drawings, the severe economy of means and the predominant use of outline reflect the visual and moral austerity of the neoclassical aesthetic.
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- Credit line
- Sidney A. Kent Fund
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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