Consulting the Oracle , John William Waterhouse
c.1884
oil on canvas
72 x 44 cm
Private Collection
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, 约翰·威廉·沃特豪斯
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Consulting the Oracle is a painting by John William Waterhouse. Waterhouse painted it in 1884; according to Anthony Hobson, "The Illustrated London News described it as one of the principal works of the year". Hobson describes the work as having a "keyhole composition" because a partial ring of women focus upon a single other (the priestess).[2]
Hobson goes on to say that the painting helps "to establish Waterhouse as a classical painter" because of his use of "classical, geometrical structures...the vertical, the horizontal and the circle". When he adds the diagonal, as "in the inclined figure of the priestess" and the out-of-place rug, it is a deliberately added tension.[2]
References
Consulting the Oracle, John William Waterhouse, Tate
Hobson, Anthony. 1989. J. W. Waterhouse. Oxford: Phaidon Christie's. pages 31, 33-34. ISBN 0-7148-8066-3
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