Ombres et lumières croisées : l’appropriation prométhéenne de la lumière dans les peintures de Wright of Derby (1734-97) et John Martin (1789-1854) by Muriel Adrien

“…Religious allusions seem hijacked so to say as if to underline the secularization of light and the increased prestige of man who is initiated with the mysteries of the universe and seeks to take control.In the same spirit, the later Italian paintings do not hesitate to outperform the drama of night light, by magnifying or exaggerating the pictorial scenography of the night performances, undoubtedly influenced by the contemporary staging devices which exploit new knowledge in light, mainly the diorama, the transparencies, and soon enough the eidophusikon. …”
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