Original artwork description:

Et In Arcadia Ego takes up the legend of the Shepherds of Arcadia. This pastoral scene was treated by Nicolas Poussin twice.
Shepherds living in the wonderful Greek region of Arcadia discover a tomb in the countryside bearing the inscription "Et in Arcadia Ego" (I also exist in Arcadia), thus realizing that they are mortal.
Nicolas Maureau gives a sober version, where awareness is internal.

Materials used:

oil painting

Tags:
#male nude #bird #mythology #chain #vultures 
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Et In Arcadia Ego (2021)

Oil painting 
by Nicolas Maureau

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Et In Arcadia Ego takes up the legend of the Shepherds of Arcadia. This pastoral scene was treated by Nicolas Poussin twice.
Shepherds living in the wonderful Greek region of Arcadia discover a tomb in the countryside bearing the inscription "Et in Arcadia Ego" (I also exist in Arcadia), thus realizing that they are mortal.
Nicolas Maureau gives a sober version, where awareness is internal.

Materials used:

oil painting

Tags:
#male nude #bird #mythology #chain #vultures 
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My practice invites the public to explore the interaction between history, gender and human society through the prism of the art history in a resolutely contemporary way. Born in Dordogne... Read more

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