03 — ARTWORK
Time Game
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 55 x 66 cm
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- Genre
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Sarri's series of Pompeii paintings, done between 1875 and 1887 are still the most sought after by collectors. They are intimate scenes of family life, located in the classicalRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. architecture of Roman or Pompeian patricianoriginally a member of the ancient Roman nobility; from the Middle Ages onwards a term for a noble, wealthy citizen. houses. They always depict a young devoted mother, showing love and attention to her small children. The composition is carefully studied. The Neoclassical architecture, the deep blue of the mother's dress, the intense 'pompei' red on the walls, all these elements remind us of some classical works by the french artists Gérôme, Couture or Boulanger.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Time Game by SARRI, Egisto},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sarri-egisto-r19800a50c82c42/time-game-r4c5a05c363696c},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
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