art.wikisort.org - Painting

Search / Calendar

The Hunt in the Forest (also known as The Hunt by Night or simply The Hunt) is a painting by the Italian artist Paolo Uccello, made around 1470. It is perhaps the best-known painting in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England.[1]

The Hunt in the Forest
ArtistPaolo Uccello
Yearc. 1470
TypeOil painting
Dimensions65 cm × 165 cm (26 in × 65 in)
LocationAshmolean Museum, Oxford, England

The painting is an early example of the effective use of perspective in Renaissance art, with the hunt participants, including people, horses, dogs and deer, disappearing into the dark forest in the distance. It was Uccello's last known painting before his death in 1475.[2]



The painting is featured in the "Point of Vanishing" episode of the British TV series Lewis. A postcard of the painting is discovered as a clue to a murder. Lewis and his colleague visit the painting at the Ashmolean Museum on more than one occasion and are instructed on its significant features by a museum expert. The painting provides Lewis with an insight that allows him to solve the case.

John Fowles mentions the painting twice, in The Ebony Tower and The Collector: "...the design hits you the moment you see it. Apart from all the other technical things. You know it's faultless."


References


  1. [ashmolean.org/hunt-forest "The Hunt in the Forest"]. Ashmolean Museum Oxford. Retrieved 29 September 2020. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. Kemp, Martin; Massing, Ann; Christie, Nicola; Groen, Karin (March 1991). "Paolo Uccello's 'Hunt in the forest'". The Burlington Magazine. 133 (1056): 164–178.




На других языках


- [en] The Hunt in the Forest

[fr] La Chasse de nuit

La Chasse de nuit est un tableau peint par Paolo Uccello en 1470. Il mesure 65 cm de haut sur 165 cm de large. Il est conservé au Ashmolean Museum à Oxford.

[it] Caccia notturna (Paolo Uccello)

Caccia notturna è un dipinto, tempera su tavola (65x165 cm), di Paolo Uccello, conservato nell'Ashmolean Museum di Oxford e databile al 1470 circa.



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии