welovepaintings:Veronese (1528 - 1588)Perseus and AndromedaRennes, Musée des Beaux-arts___Ver
welovepaintings:Veronese (1528 - 1588)Perseus and AndromedaRennes, Musée des Beaux-arts___Veronese took his inspiration from one of Titian’s compositions on the same subject, painted for Philip II. Yet where Titian had conveyed the dramatic intensity of the predicament of a terror-stricken Andromeda as the monster draws nearer, Veronese in his elegance affords a hint of a happy ending. Acid tones of orange play alongside the blues of sky and sea, and the rock encircles the woman’s body like the setting for a jewel. Perseus plunges toward the beast in a twirling foreshortened view, while the graceful Andromeda confidently awaits the outcome of the battle. © MBA, Rennes, Dist RMN / Adélaïde Beaudoin -- source link