Ramiro Quezada
Professor Buhanan
Humanities
5 December 2017 Beyond Human Scale While The Fire of Rome (see fig. 1) denotes a clash of two elite forces, community and natural elements, the painting also serves as an introduction for Hubert’s redshifted career. Hubert received influence that drastically shifted his career when he resided in Rome from 1754 to 1766. In this time, Hubert developed a relationship with Panini and more importantly, Piranesi that consequently advanced Hubert’s painting career. Piranesi was responsible for converting Hubert into more landscaping and ruins based artist, which eventually labeled Hubert as “Robert des ruines”. For Hubert, choosing the historical theme of The Fire of Rome in 65 AD was the chance to display …show more content…
The history and painting coupled together give the viewer more than an art piece - a story about how powerful a fallen community acts and reacts. By doing so, Robert Hubert is able to demonstrate that this photo goes beyond the traditional art piece and makes a formal statement that the imperialist powers of his time have and will continue to exploit their powers to take advantage of a fallen community for a hidden …show more content…
This brings the natural connection between ruins and philosophical works of art that are incorporated in our Humanities course. This is accomplished when Rousseau compares the allegory of Prometheus to the progression of arts and sciences. Rousseau brings to light the dangers of having a society progression achieve such high levels that eventually destroy virtues. This prompts the viewer to connect the idea of displaying the destruction of what appears to be the Coliseum and a temple over the sides in the painting. Similar to other ruin paintings, this also brings the viewer to acknowledge that passage of time almost always destroys an empire despite the amount of power, influence, and military they
Professor Buhanan
Humanities
5 December 2017 Beyond Human Scale While The Fire of Rome (see fig. 1) denotes a clash of two elite forces, community and natural elements, the painting also serves as an introduction for Hubert’s redshifted career. Hubert received influence that drastically shifted his career when he resided in Rome from 1754 to 1766. In this time, Hubert developed a relationship with Panini and more importantly, Piranesi that consequently advanced Hubert’s painting career. Piranesi was responsible for converting Hubert into more landscaping and ruins based artist, which eventually labeled Hubert as “Robert des ruines”. For Hubert, choosing the historical theme of The Fire of Rome in 65 AD was the chance to display …show more content…
The history and painting coupled together give the viewer more than an art piece - a story about how powerful a fallen community acts and reacts. By doing so, Robert Hubert is able to demonstrate that this photo goes beyond the traditional art piece and makes a formal statement that the imperialist powers of his time have and will continue to exploit their powers to take advantage of a fallen community for a hidden …show more content…
This brings the natural connection between ruins and philosophical works of art that are incorporated in our Humanities course. This is accomplished when Rousseau compares the allegory of Prometheus to the progression of arts and sciences. Rousseau brings to light the dangers of having a society progression achieve such high levels that eventually destroy virtues. This prompts the viewer to connect the idea of displaying the destruction of what appears to be the Coliseum and a temple over the sides in the painting. Similar to other ruin paintings, this also brings the viewer to acknowledge that passage of time almost always destroys an empire despite the amount of power, influence, and military they