![]() ![]() The overwhelming complexity and intricacy does not represent the Baroque era. There is an abundance of shading and preciseness but the piece displays each Baroque aspect with many images. ![]() Baroque art is filled with dramatic shading and naturalistic landscapes, the frontispiece of Leviathan meets the requirements within the details, opposed to the image as a whole. The 1600s was the Baroque era, elaborate, realistic and precise art work was deemed as beautiful. The art piece was inspired by the anamorphic art form which originates from the Renaissance. In the centre is the Sovereign King that is composed of citizens who are looking towards the head. ![]() ![]() The bottom half of the piece displays contrasting symbols of the balanced sovereign powers, the emblems on the left depict the monarch and on the right represent the church. Published in 1651, the political writings of Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, was accompanied by the frontispiece by Abraham Bosse. ![]()
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