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Eagle attacking a fox

Antonio Ligabue1941

Fondazione & Archivio Antonio Ligabue di Parma

Fondazione & Archivio Antonio Ligabue di Parma
Parma, Italy

The shape of the two animals builds a pentagon with the vertex at the bottom giving unity to a very complex composition from an anatomical point of view and with a strong emotion in the mammal that is lifted by the raptor and by its reaction which makes it open its mouth wide to express pain but also to react to aggression. The distances between the two animals seem dilated. The mountain and hilly landscape is natural and no narrative dispersion affects the unity and drama of the main scene. On the ground there are many presences of insects including butterflies in flight. No use of contours

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Fondazione & Archivio Antonio Ligabue di Parma

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