The following painting is John William Waterhouse’s The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother (1878).
What do you think of Waterhouse’s depiction of Nero? Does it depict any ambivalence in Nero’s legacy, or does it express the stereotypical view of Nero as a sadistic lunatic? How does Waterhouse’s romanticism affect the artist’s depiction of this subject matter?
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The Remorse of Nero
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The following painting is John William Waterhouse’s The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of his Mother (1878).
What do you think of Waterhouse’s depiction of Nero? Does it depict any ambivalence in Nero’s legacy, or does it express the stereotypical view of Nero as a sadistic lunatic? How does Waterhouse’s romanticism affect the artist’s depiction of this subject matter?