Hemicycle Paul Delaroche 1 Hemicycle Paul Delaroche 1841-1842 oil and wax on wall 390 x 2470 in. <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>The main image shows the central portion of Delaroche's large <title level="pic">Hemicycle, where the most famous artists of Classical antiquity (left to right: Ictinus, Apelles, and Phidias) preside over allegorical figures of the arts. To the left of the stairs are Gothic and Greek art, while Roman and Renaissance face them on the right. See also the images of the left and right portions of the mural, where an elite group of artists are assembled, including Leonardo da Vinci and Nicholas Poussin.

Production History

Reception

Iconograpic

Pictorial

Historical

Literary

Autobiographical

Bibliographic

Bann, <hi rend="i">Paul Delaroche</hi> , 204-210.