Seating politicians in a hemicycle in parliament seems to encourage them to debate in a careful, ponderous way
The Hémicycle[edit]
In 1837 Delaroche received the commission for the great picture that came to be known as the Hémicycle, a Raphaelesque tableau influenced by The School of Athens. This was a mural 27 metres (88.5 ft) long, in the hemicycle of the award theatre of the École des Beaux Arts. The commission came from the École's architect, Félix Duban. The painting represents seventy-five great artists of all ages, in conversation, assembled in groups on either hand of a central elevation of white marble steps, on the topmost of which are three thrones filled by the creators of the Parthenon: architect Phidias, sculptor Ictinus, and painter Apelles, symbolizing the unity of these arts.
To supply the female element in this vast composition he introduced the genii or muses, who symbolize or reign over the arts, leaning against the balustrade of the steps, depicted as idealized female figures. The painting is not fresco but done directly on the wall in oil. Delaroche finished the work in 1841, but it was considerably damaged by a fire in 1855. He immediately set about trying to re-paint and restore the work, but died on 4 November 1856, before he had accomplished much of this. The restoration was finished by Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury.
1837年、パリ国立美術学校内の半円型講堂（Hémicycle）の壁に設置する27メートルにも及ぶ大作の依頼を受けた。同校の建築家フェリックス・ドゥバンから依頼されたものである。全ての時代の75人の偉人を描いた作品で、白大理石のステップの中央線から一方には一つの集団が集まり、最高部の3つの王座をパルテノン神殿創設者ペイディアス、イクティノス、アペレスが占めている。彼らは3つの芸術の統合を象徴している。
NOUN
- 1mass noun A feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.
‘I had a thirst for romance’- 1.1Love, especially when sentimental or idealized.‘he asked her for a date and romance blossomed’
- 1.2count noun A love affair, especially one that is not very serious or long-lasting.‘a holiday romance’
- 1.3count noun A book or film dealing with love in a sentimental or idealized way.‘light historical romances’
- 1.4A genre of fiction dealing with love in a sentimental or idealized way.‘wartime passion from the master of romance’
- 1.1Love, especially when sentimental or idealized.
- 2mass noun A quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday life.
‘the romance of the sea’ - 3A medieval tale dealing with a hero of chivalry, of the kind common in the Romance languages.
‘the Arthurian romances’ - 4A work of fiction depicting a setting and events remote from everyday life, especially one of a kind popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
‘Elizabethan pastoral romances’ - 5Music
A short informal piece.
‘the romance from The Gadfly became a popular favourite’
ADJECTIVE
- 1Conducive to or characterized by the expression of love.
‘a romantic candlelit dinner’- 1.1(of a person) readily demonstrating feelings of love.‘he's very handsome, and so romantic’
- 1.2Relating to love or to sexual relationships.‘after their romantic relationship ended they became great friends’‘her romantic adventures’‘romantic fiction’
- 1.1(of a person) readily demonstrating feelings of love.
- 2Of, characterized by, or suggestive of an idealized view of reality.
‘a romantic attitude to the past’‘some romantic dream of country peace’ - 3(also Romantic)Relating to or denoting the artistic and literary movement of romanticism.
‘the romantic tradition’
NOUN
- 1A person with romantic beliefs or attitudes.
‘I am an incurable romantic’ - 2(also Romantic)A writer or artist of the romantic movement.
‘Wordsworth, Coleridge, and the later romantics’
Origin
Mid 17th century (referring to the characteristics of romance in a narrative): from archaic romaunt ‘tale of chivalry’, from an Old French variant of romanz (see romance).
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