| dc.contributor.author | Barry, James (Irish painter, printmaker, and lithographer, 1741-1806, active in England) | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | National Gallery of Ireland | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-02-02T10:30:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-02-02T10:30:33Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2001 | |
| dc.date.created | c. 1775 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nicola Figgis and Brendan Rooney, 'Irish Paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland', Vol 1, p 73-5, no. NGI1393 | en |
| dc.description | This painting 'forms a complete contrast with Barry's 'Temptation of Adam' (cgjc0762), exhibited four years earlier at the RA, in which the life-size figures dominate the landscape. In this later painting the smaller figures, shown in the middle foreground of a dark woodland scene, are completely in proportion with their surroundings, illuminated from behind by golden light from the setting sun. The untamed landscape is reminiscent of the work of Salvator Rosa, whom Barry greatly admired. The painting was considered unusual when it was first exhibited. In his choice of Titianesque colour Barry also shows the influence of Burke's theories, which proposed that autumnal colours should be used to reinforce a sense of sublime sorrow.' (NGI, 73-5) | en |
| dc.format.extent | 485275 bytes | |
| dc.format.medium | oil paint (pigmented coating) | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpeg | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Nicola Figgis, Brendan Rooney, and the National Gallery of Ireland | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Art, Irish | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Painting, Irish | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Art and mythology pictorial works. | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Adonis (Greek deity) in art. | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Death in art | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Venus (Roman deity) Art | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cupids (Art) | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Hounds in art | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Wild boar in art | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Blood in art | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sublime, The, in art | en |
| dc.title | The Death of Adonis | en |
| dc.type | Image | en |
| dc.contributor.role | artist | en |
| dc.coverage.culture | Irish | en |
| dc.format.extentdimensions | 101.4 cm x 127.2 cm | |
| dc.format.support | canvas | en |
| dc.subject.period | 18th century | |
| dc.type.work | painting | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/13556 | |
