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Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces by Sir Joshua Reynolds. A woman holds a coin over a burner with three naked figures. A woman pours a liquid from a jug into a saucer behind her.
How did the artist of the above painting attempt to elevate the portrait to a higher status?
a.
by using classical and mythological themes
b.
by including more technical aspects
c.
by including linear perspective and vanishing point
d.
by adding a child to the painting
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a. by using classical and mythological themes
Reynolds often dressed sitters as mythological or allegorical figures (the Graces here) to give portraiture the dignity and moral weight of history painting.
Reynolds often dressed sitters as mythological or allegorical figures (the Graces here) to give portraiture the dignity and moral weight of history painting.
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