The Trojan Horse

The Basics Fourth Style 62 cm wide, 39 cm high Date unknown Chilling effect of foreboding and imminent doom Subjects Greek, but treatment uniquely Roman

Artistic Features – Composition (Right) Men straining on rope First man running away in terror Praying or dancing Dancing – represents short lived jubilation Soldiers (static and dark) Action framed by static, dark and brooding figures

Composition - Left Sacro-idyllic elements and four figures suggesting impending doom. SI features suggest scene outside walls, but is it really? Ate, personification of ruin. Torch to be flung into city and represents imminent destruction by fire Cassandra? Does her torch represent the light of truth which will be to no avail Woman in cloak – Hecuba? Statue of Minerva

Atmosphere Right – overcrowding and tension Men pulling horse elongated as if straining, painted in brilliant white to suggest moonlight Strong splashes of white two of three mysterious figures Eerie, ghostly appearance Brightness of foregound contrasts with gloom of middle and background Row of women, and silhouettes of soldiers behind, are thematically linked to small group of women and children at bottom right Silent witnesses to a fatal mistake Foreboding horrors that will occur later that night Picture of profound unease

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Use arrows to match the colours to the picture Right hand side of many elements in the picture illuminated by a harsh white light Other side generally in shadow Scene set in moonlight Horse yellow with red mane Most of rest of picture in sombre tones of brown, dark grey or black Overall effect is of gloom