The painting depicts a flower murder orchestrated by the tyrant of the Roman Empire, which is visually beautiful and elegant, but behind it is extremely terrifying and absurd.
Helio Gabarus, the first emperor of Syria since the founding of the Roman Empire, was notorious at a young age and buried his rule with his own hands in a wine pond meat forest.
He was always a casual look, never hiding his desire to have some fun.
On this day of the banquet, he came to inspiration again, the flowers are so beautiful, why not sprinkle flower petals on the guests attending the banquet? And then he actually did. The ceiling of this banquet hall can be flipped, and tons of flower petals are sprinkled on it, forming a heavy mountain of flowers. Some people died of suffocation because they could not climb out of the flowers, while the tyrant lay flat on the mat with fine wine and stared at the struggling people with indifferent eyes. In his eyes, their lives did not matter, they were wonderful, and his mother and favored courtiers were on the sidelines. It is simply a naked distortion of human nature and moral degeneration.
This ugly work made of petals, marble, and satin fighting against many beautiful things looks very elegant. Its author, Tadema, was a well-known Painter of the Victorian Era in England,
In 1888, the British civil engineer Sir John Elton commissioned him to create the painting for a reward of £4,000. The story recorded in the Book of Roman Kings was originally sprinkled with violet petals, and the painter switched to the rose here, mainly because the rose was a symbol of carnality, decay and depravity in the Victorian era. Taking roses as the theme not only conforms to the concept of the times, but also makes the picture have a stronger visual impact and emotional resonance. During the creation period, the flowering period of the roses had passed, but in order to bring the petals to life, the painter specially arranged to send fresh roses from the south of France for sketching, which lasted for four months every week.
In 1935, the painting was made by Sir Alton's grandson. Sold, and after several low-price turnovers, in London in 1993, Jasic was able to sell the collection of its predecessor Spanish wealthy businessman Perez Simon for 1.5 million pounds.