1846
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Temple at Esneh is a 1846 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a group of people inside an ancient stone temple. Tall columns with carved tops line the room, and a set of wide stairs leads up to a doorway in the back. Some people are sitting on the floor, others stand or lean against the walls, and one person is lying down near the steps. The artist focused on the contrast between the grand, weathered architecture and the everyday lives of the people inside. The temple’s shadows and light create a dramatic, almost ghostly feel. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and dark to shape a scene.
Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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