Rape Of Cassandra Essay

The Rape of Cassandra. (3rd Painting)
It's an adaption of the scene where Ajax the Lesser is about to take Cassandra off the temple as he rapes her on the statue of Athena . The difference is the baroque style which is different from the other two. The emotion is very expressive it’s much more important if they got much stronger stances and expression compared to the other two. Baroque style exaggerated expression and features of the scene, for example, the colors are very vibrant the characters are all wearing quite expensive clothing. The armor really dressy romanticize and over the top. Compare to the other one their armors are ornamented it looks quite expensive and looks like its master craftsmen had made this armor, the blooms are really big and puffy compared to the vase. The vase blooms and the helmets are quite basic looking, whereas this one they are …show more content…
In term of what is shown in the scene is quite basic comparing to the other two. The wall painting had a little bit going on compared to the vase not that much where as this one is really dramatic and it something that is almost more inspiring. Another major feature of the painting is the use of the temple. On the last two scene we see Athena on the statue she was shown whereas this one the only thing we see was the Pillar of the Temple which represents the temple. The main reason for these is basically the culture expectation of this time during the classical world where religion was very important, they would feature gods and goddesses in their artwork. At this time this is where the catholic church was much more strict on the religion and painting and the style. could be set the painter were quite restricted in any sort of mythology that was not