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The ceiling is intended to look as if a framed painting has been placed overhead; there is no illusionistic foreshortening, figures appearing as if they were to be viewed at normal eye level. Mengs' Parnassus (1761) in the Villa Albani (now Villa Albani-Torlonia) is a famous example — a Neoclassical criticism against Baroque illusionism.
Fore-edge painting: a historical survey of a curious art in book decoration, Harvey House, 1966. Weber, Jeff. Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artists & Binders [and] The Fore-edge Paintings of Miss C. B. Currie with a catalogue raisonné. Los Angeles, 2010. Weber, Jeff. The Fore-edge Paintings of John T. Beer. Los Angeles, 2005 ...
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A very daring composition, this is one of Waterhouse's most unusual, and consequently most striking, oil paintings. The corpse is dramatically foreshortened, and the snow contrasts with that of Eulalia's naked flesh – the 12-year-old girl seems singularly out of place for a Waterhouse picture. [1]
In places, the work appears unfinished (e.g. the tiles of floor and the cornices are still visible through some clothing and figures). The foreshortening is accentuated by the tiles, the wall tombs, and finally the rays of light that emerge from the crypt in the background.
[1] [b] The art historian Mary B. Moore has emphasized the pathos of the image of Hector, suggesting that the intensity of his parents' gaze towards him indicates their knowledge that he will die in the Trojan War, and linked the vase with other contemporary works that use the heroes of the Trojan Cycle as vehicles for sympathy and tragedy.
The works of this master typically depict grotesque figures (usually dwarfs) and animals engaging in various human activities. The works generally ignore space and are characterized by strong foreshortening. The figures are often portrayed in profile and stand out against the dark, mostly flat backgrounds.
He was a member of the Greek art movement later to be known as the Pioneer Group for their exploration of the new decorative style known as red-figure pottery. [1] Euthymides was the teacher of another Athenian red-figure vase painter, the Kleophrades Painter .