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Coronation Painting
Australia
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 39.4 W x 47.2 H x 1.2 D in
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About The Artwork
Julius Caesar was a vain man. Unhappy about his thinning hair, he would brush the lonely strands forward in a version of today’s “comb over.” Unfashionable then as now, his enemies teased him about it. Luckily he found the perfect thing to hold his comb-over in place; the laurel wreath. Back in the day wreath’s were awarded to all soldiers in recognition of military victories (a custom, like so much of Roman culture, actually nicked from Greece). However upon Caesar’s ascension to leadership, the Senate and People granted him the wish that only he may wear one. Of all the honours Caesar received, apparently none pleased him as much as this minor accolade. As the first Emperor he was, essentially, the style setter. Consequently all subsequent Emperors copied this act of vanity. Perhaps he should have paid more attention to what his enemies were plotting rather than saying.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39.4 W x 47.2 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Australia
Matthew was featured in BRW as one of Australia's top 50 artists. In the past few years he's won, or been a finalist for, more than 70 major national art awards. He's had 14 solo and 80 group shows. He's painted all his life but allowed himself to be distracted by other careers, working variously as a lecturer, art-director, photographer & writer. His first novel was short-listed for the Vogel Literary Award. He's lived in Australia, the UK, Portugal & Malaysia, and once camped for several months beneath a grand piano. He spent nights under stars in India, under-ground in Bolivia, under surveillance in Burma and under-nourished in London. His scariest moment was having machine-gun shoved in his face during Nepalese anti-monarchy riots, although crashing a para-glider into a forest was also something of a highlight.
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