About the artwork
An allegorical still life featuring a human skull encased in a group of art books. The formation of the books resembles a mausoleum. Behind the skull is an image of Caravaggio’s “The taking of Christ.’ This painting is an allegory for representational art history. The skull, like the bones within a mausoleum, represents the revered and deified dead art masters of the past, complete with religious imagery pushed to the shadows. The books, chronicling realist art movements and realist artists through time are the structure that carries this revered, but seemingly extinct tradition. Some reverence this discipline and seek to add to it, while others see it as dead art, relegated to the past.Medium Details
oil
Frame
framed
Condition
New
Mausoleum
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About the artwork
An allegorical still life featuring a human skull encased in a group of art books. The formation of the books resembles a mausoleum. Behind the skull is an image of Caravaggio’s “The taking of Christ.’ This painting is an allegory for representational art history. The skull, like the bones within a mausoleum, represents the revered and deified dead art masters of the past, complete with religious imagery pushed to the shadows. The books, chronicling realist art movements and realist artists through time are the structure that carries this revered, but seemingly extinct tradition. Some reverence this discipline and seek to add to it, while others see it as dead art, relegated to the past.Medium Details
oil
Frame
framed
Condition
New
About the artist
Eric J. Chapman - United States
Eric J Chapman is an award-winning American artist who specializes in pencil, oil paint and pastel. Captivated by the beauty of the world around him,...
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