01485nam a2200217Ia 4500001001100000100003400011101000800045200005700053210000900110215003300119300077200152608001300924650001800937700009200955801000701047856007201054857009001126909001201216920002601228991001301254Π.7704eng  a20140611d9999 m y0grey0103 ga  aeng1 aFunerary Composition IIIb[Painting]fMoralis Yannis  d1958  a150 x 150 cm [Oil on canvas]  aFuneral Composition III" is yet another of the artist's imposing funeral compositions. A nude girl, dead or dying, is lying in Danae's pose, used by Renaissance* artists, such as Tiziano. An angel with black wings is about to cover her with a white sheet-shroud. Here, too, the depthless setting is defined by vertical and horizontal lines. Every element in the composition has been arranged into geometrical shapes. Modelling once again follows the Byzantine manner. A dark foundation layer, lighter skin tones, highlights. Brown, sienna, ochre and white prevail. The classical mood, the emotional distance - that is, the artist not expressing his feelings - monumentality, silence, sober sorrow, a meditation on love and death, all contribute to a true masterpiece.  aPainting  aOil on canvas 1aMoralis Yannisf(1916 - 2009)uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/moralis-yannis/  a59  uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artwork/funerary-composition-iii/  ahttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/62887_2000_2000-500x500.jpg  aΠ.7704  aDonated by the artist  aPAINTING