This painting,Destruction of the Beast and the untrue Prophet, has always drawn me in: the tall drama, and the fanaticism,the eeriness of the beasts. Painted by Benjamin West in 1804, it sits somewhere between neoclassical and Romanticism, or a transitional piece. Classical/Biblical in subject matter and composition,but Romantic in its emotional and psychological content. . . . Keep reading » The post Art Inspires: Adam Levy on suited, evil, or the roots of imperialism appeared first on Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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