Flaming June

1895

Victorian eraSea
Flaming June

United Kingdom

フレデリック・レイトン

1830 – 1896

ヴィクトリア朝の画壇に君臨したイギリスの巨匠にして彫刻家。 王立芸術院(ロイヤル・アカデミー)の会長を長年務め、イギリスの画家として史上唯一、貴族(男爵)の称号…

A beautiful woman, clad in a vibrant, translucent orange dress, curls up and dozes on a marble terrace.

Behind her, the Mediterranean Sea stretches out, sparkling as it reflects the sunlight, and the entire canvas is enveloped in the sweltering heat of summer and a sensual beauty.

It is not a depiction of a specific narrative, such as mythology or religion, but rather a masterpiece of Aestheticism, which solely pursued 'art for art's sake'.

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