Napoleon at War Painting by Tiago Azevedo

Napoleon at War Painting by Tiago Azevedo

 

Careful examination of the details embedded in this portrait reveals Napoleon as a politically powerful icon. He is placed in the center of a vertical canvas dressed in his uniform as a colonel of the Foot Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard. His pose, the slightly pushes back shoulders and an oculus in his hand, contrasts to the formality of his costume.

 

In addition, his youthful look depicted here, and intense expression was designed to show that Napoleon was an imposing leader capable of composing the Napoleonic Code. Other decorative pop surrealist details are the heraldic bees and the fleurs de lys that are symbols of French absolutism and imply Napoleon's power as a ruler.

 

He was also known as Napoleon I, he was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution 1789-1799.

The Morphing of the Swan Painting by Tiago Azevedo

The Morphing of the Swan Painting by Tiago Azevedo

 

This male figure with an intense gaze emerged of the fairy tale The Six Swans by the Brothers Grimm, it depicts the morphing of an abstract rendition of free flight. It captures the precise moment when a man becomes a Swan joining his spirit and allowing abstract and figurative to meet in a pop surrealist style.

 

Think about a time that you suffered because of someone else's bad decision. In The Six Swans by the Brothers Grimm, some of the characters suffer their own consequences, but others cause suffering to others. Let's find out more about this fairy tale.

 

By the Brothers Grimm In this beautiful story, a princess comes to the rescue of her brothers who have been turned into six swans. A vow of silence leaves her unable to defend herself against the most terrible injustice.