In the ground floor gallery, you're brought bang up to date with a series of recent paintings that reveal the artist's obsession
with classical motifs and landscapes.
Wren's Gothic buildings are «inescapably awkward and non-medieval in form structure and decoration»; Hawksmoor is chastised for mixing Gothic and
classical motifs in a single building; William Kent for his «concentration on decorative effect rather than stylistic consistency and historical accuracy», although no evidence is offered that he was concerned about such issues.
For his first solo exhibition, Sean O'Connor remixes
classical motifs from antiquity, contemporary «bro - mo» culture, and Victorian wallpaper for step - and - repeat patterns of sporty hot dudes.
The back is carved in a graceful design composed of
classical motifs such as an urn, plumes, and drapery.
The property boasts modern interiors elegantly enriched
with classical motifs, and offers an array of amenities, such as car rental service, free bike rental service, 24 - hour front desk, two computers with free Internet access available in the hall, a TV room, a cafeteria and a dining room.
It ticks off all
the classical motifs: woodland area, fire area, ice area, ruins area.
This is actually
a classical motif in art history, and an extensively exhibited sujet with prominent progenitors such as Botticelli and Rubens and Manet and Cézanne and Picasso — and... Read more
Classical motifs and subject matter in portraits, still lifes and coastal landscapes were his main thematic areas and genre
Alluding to ancient Greek and Roman bas - reliefs as well as
the classical motif of a rider on horseback, Ray's subject is far from monumental: a young girl in riding clothes atop a horse whose body, head, and tail have all been cropped from the frame.
Pink Winged Victory (1960) features a balancing act of lumpy, intensely colored plaster shapes that reinterpret
the Classical motif as an abstract (and, from one angle, unmistakably vaginal) form.
This shimmering Plexiglas and mirror wall lamp gives
the classical motif a modern update — scrolled, but never staid.