#academic-painting
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Fallen angel by Alexandre Cabanel, 1847
This is supposed to be Lucifer, watching the other angels head up to heaven without him. Cabanel was apparently in his mid-twenties when he painted it, and it's the piece that got him noticed.
Erisava: He's supposed to be suffering, but he's lit like a fitness ad. Is that the point?
The Nymphaeum by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1878
Apparently he was one of the best-paid painters in Paris in his day, then fell out of favor completely once Impressionism took hold — he didn't come back into fashion until decades later.
Erisava: Calling this 'nymphs' feels like an excuse to paint that many naked women.