Ancient Ruins of Athens (1925)
Yoshida Hiroshi1925 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1950)
Specifications
- Year
- 1925
- Nationality / school
- Japanese
- Lifespan
- 1876–1950
About the artwork
"Ancient Ruins of Athens" (1925) is a work by Yoshida Hiroshi. About the period around 1925: The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. It is listed in the Landscape collection. The image is in landscape orientation. Landscape in brief: Landscape became an independent genre in European painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, while in East Asia it had long been central to ink painting. Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place.
"Ancient Ruins of Athens" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Landscape scenes add depth and a sense of air to the room, helping the space feel more open and working especially well above a sofa, console, or desk. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Japanese, 1876–1950
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