The Roman Shadow To look at the landscape tradition of the eighteenth century is to encounter the ghost of John Plimmer. He was a figure defined by his proximity to greatness and his sudden disappearance. Born in the Kingdom of Great Britain, Plimmer’s early life was far removed from the studios of Italy. He began as an apprentice to a master-builder in Blandford, Dorset, a practical beginning that contrasts sharply with the classical ideals he would later chase. By the time he arrived in Rome in 1755, he was already being identified as a painter and sculptor, a man moving toward a specific,…
Pregled korpusa umetnika John Plimmer, mapiran ne po datumu, već po tematici. Žice predstavljaju ono što su slikali; prstenovi označavaju vreme; a niti između zvezda otkrivaju pokrovitelje i mesta koja ih tajno povezuju.
Svaki krug u atlasu grupiše dela prema onome što prikazuju: portrete, religiozne scene, mitologije i naučna istraživanja. Kliknite na jedan od segmenata kako biste taj skup pomerili na vrh.
Udaljenost od centra označava vreme. Najunutrašniji prsten predstavlja najraniji period; najudaljeniji, poslednje godine. Stil sazreva kako se krećete ka spoljašnjim krugovima.
Obojene linije povezuju dela koja su ujedinjena istim pokroviteljem, narudžbinom ili temom. Pratite kontekst kako biste videli kako se povezani klasteri osvetljavaju kroz različite teme.