Flirt
5.0 x 162.0 cm
MO Museum / MO muziejus
Flirt, a painting created by Ričardas Bartkevičius in 2007, is a still life – a composition of inanimate objects. The artist painted the objects generally, unrealistically, and therefore it takes a moment to recognize what is depicted in this work.The still life genre established itself in Western European painting in the 14th century, becoming particularly popular in the Baroque period. The objects portrayed in the still lifes of the classical masters are usually full of hidden meaning and symbols. We should not assume these characteristics have completely disappeared from the still lifes of modern painters. In this work by Bartkevičiaus, for example, we can find metaphors about human existence, and the structure and patterns of our world. Let
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O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: Flirt
- Umetnik: ričardas bartkevičius
- Prvobitne dimenzije: 5.0 x 162.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Status autorskih prava: Zaštićeno autorskim pravima
- Mesto izlaganja: MO Museum / MO muziejus
- Intenzitet boje: Monochromatic
- Percepcija svetline: balanced