Many artists choose to create art works that represent a significant moment in history. They create the artwork by telling a story in their own perspective. They do so to provide the audience with a scene that will be captivating and get a message across. Hubert Robert was an artist who was born in Paris, France in 1733 and died there in 1808. He spent eleven years of his life in Rome, where he developed his fascination towards artworks that had to do with ruins. He was one of the best artist of his times and was most popular for creating paintings of ruins and landscapes. Today he is best known as “Robert of the Ruins.” He got this nickname because he loved producing artworks that had to do with ruins whether they were real or imagined. He
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I then go on to do a thorough formal analysis. I begin the formal analysis by describing the colors that Robert chose and why those colors are significant to the overall claim that he is trying to make. After, I begin analyzing the composition of the image and why the composition is essential to understanding the claim being made by Robert. I then go on by discussing how Robert’s use of scaling can also contribute to his overall claim. I end this paper by stating the main reasons as to why the Roman empire …show more content…
This piece of artwork was an oil on canvas. Robert wanted to produce something that was related to Rome since he had been there. He chose to do something like The Fire of Rome so that he can focus on something that caught his attention while connecting it to his style of art. “For Robert, choosing the historical theme of the fire of Rome in 64 AD was an opportunity to accommodate his taste for the representation of architecture while bowing to the current taste for the sublime, a source of new emotions.”. “The Fire of Rome” was a great opportunity for him to express himself doing what he enjoyed doing, painting ruins, while being able to meet the standards of the new sublime. By “sublime,” he means what the people/audience think is considered beautiful or attractive and appealing. In his artwork, Robert chose to portray significant details that led to the overall message that an empire will eventually fall and come to
I then go on to do a thorough formal analysis. I begin the formal analysis by describing the colors that Robert chose and why those colors are significant to the overall claim that he is trying to make. After, I begin analyzing the composition of the image and why the composition is essential to understanding the claim being made by Robert. I then go on by discussing how Robert’s use of scaling can also contribute to his overall claim. I end this paper by stating the main reasons as to why the Roman empire …show more content…
This piece of artwork was an oil on canvas. Robert wanted to produce something that was related to Rome since he had been there. He chose to do something like The Fire of Rome so that he can focus on something that caught his attention while connecting it to his style of art. “For Robert, choosing the historical theme of the fire of Rome in 64 AD was an opportunity to accommodate his taste for the representation of architecture while bowing to the current taste for the sublime, a source of new emotions.”. “The Fire of Rome” was a great opportunity for him to express himself doing what he enjoyed doing, painting ruins, while being able to meet the standards of the new sublime. By “sublime,” he means what the people/audience think is considered beautiful or attractive and appealing. In his artwork, Robert chose to portray significant details that led to the overall message that an empire will eventually fall and come to