Ingres's heroic rescue story

Roger and Angelica "Роже и Анжелика"

The author jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was a French artist and neoclassicist. Born in Montauban, France in 1780. Little Jean August followed in his father's footsteps and learned the art of painting and violin. The genius boy chose his future painting job.

Also known as Roger Rescues Angelica, the painting is based on the plot of the 16th-century Italian poet Aleoste's poetry collection Night of The Madness: Angelica, queen of Indochina, is imprisoned on the Island of Tears, and she is used as a sacrifice to the sea god Oluq, waiting for her end.

At this moment of crisis, the warrior Roger arrived on his half-eagle and half-horse mount, killed the sacred beast of the sea, Oluq, and rescued Angelica.

In this painting, Ingres's classical tendencies are very distinct, Angelica's nude is depicted very beautifully, the painter is not showing her dying mood but intends to show the perfection of the human body, the hero Luo Zhe bravely saves without any passion for saving people in danger, just puts the spear in the mouth of the monster, the facial expression of the characters in the painting is calm and solemn, which is in line with the artistic conception pursued by classicism, emphasizing rationality over emotion, emphasizing type and light personality, and the shape is in line with the carving effect.