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Analysis Of Ruins With Sybil By Giovanni Paolo Paganini

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Ruins with Sybil is a stunning oil on canvas painting painted by Giovanni Paolo Paganini in 1731. It features six figures of mixed gender, five men and one woman, and a dog. It appears that the men in the photo are all looking up to the one woman in a ruined place of worship. The woman is well lit and it looks as if a ray of sunlight is shining solely on her. Moreover, there is a large statue of a woman in the foreground of this painting and although it is shadowed it still constitutes a large part of the details. Additionally, everyone is assigned stereotypical gender colors; the men are in blues while the woman is in a pale pink gown. One of the most striking aspects; however, is the perspective at which this painting is portrayed. It is

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