Artistic Styles
The works of the Munich school painters are characterised by an expert and overly use of colours that would overshadow the figures expressions. Scenes were depicted in a pompous and theatrical way, although not lacking emotional tension. In academic realism the imperative is the ethography, the representation of urban and/or rural life with a special attention in the depiction of architectural elements, the traditional cloth and the various objects. Munich School painters were specialised on portraiture, landscape painting and still life.
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