1840
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ascension de Jèsus-Christ is a 1840 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a pair of feet and a garment hem emerging from grey clouds. The artist used simple shapes to show movement upwards. The arrows pointing up add to this feeling of rising, and it's interesting that the main figure is not fully shown, which makes you focus on the idea of ascension. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique: lithography.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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