An Allegory of Prudence Oriental The main characteristic of this

The main characteristic of this composition is obviously a motionless black ocean against the background of which colors and shapes emerge in isolation

its colors and its animation

accentuated by the deep line of her spine

The space comes down to a plain gray wall delimited by a plinth

Claude Monet explicitly designed 'Water Lilies' as an "asylum"

An Allegory of Prudence Oriental The main characteristic of thisIt is a portrait of three heads of men superimposed on three heads of animals: on the left, an older man and a wolf; in the center, a middle aged man and a lion; and on the right, a young man and a dog. Above their heads we can see a motto written in Latin, arranged in three groups of words from left to right: ex praterito praesens prudenter agit ne futura actione deturpet, which means: "informed of the past, the present act cautiously, lest he should