Young Girls Dancing Around an Obelisk
“Young Girls Dancing Around an Obelisk” is an oil painting on canvas by Hubert Robert completed in 1798 at Paris. The work describes a festival occurring somewhere in Egypt during the time when the work was produced. A group of ladies are dancing around a broken Obelisk. Standing halfway up the monument, three young men are accompanying them by playing music. On the bottom of the painting, a woman with four children is pointing to the fallen parts of the Obelisk and the face of a Pharaoh which is broken in half. At the left side, there are two adults gossiping with a younger person lying on a distorted statue of a Pharaoh. In addition, three Pyramids and a huge crowd of people compose the background. All the monuments are in a vertical position to giv
I chose to discuss this painting because, at first sight, it appears to be just a painting about a distorted place. The sense of solitude is so intense, that it caught my attention. However, when I look further, I discover that there are also people gathering all over the place. Unlike the monument, they were painted to suggest a joyful emotion. The Greek culture is more or less similar to the Chinese culture. We all believe in our chain of tradition, and believe that the effort made by previous generations will carry on and become a blessing for the present and future generations. Maybe it is because of this similarity that I am so attached to the painting. The painting is to show the contrast between two different generations. The solid figures of the Obelisk, the Pharaoh and the Pyramids were
Some topics in this essay:
Pharaoh Pyramids,
Obelisk Pharaoh,
Hubert Robert,
Obelisk Standing,
Techniques Execution,
Dancing Obelisk”,
sense solitude,
Identification Content,
“young girls dancing,
Girls Dancing,
girls dancing obelisk”,
painting woman,
previous generations,
obelisk pharaoh,
solid figures,
people gathering,
“young girls,
girls dancing,
dancing obelisk”,
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