Flowerpot with flowers

Flowerpot with flowers

Origin

Stergiadis House, Dikorfo Zagori

Period

Late 19th – early 20th century

Material

Egg tempera, Mural painting

Description

On a background with cool colors, a flowerpot with flowers growing. The flowers are rendered in warm colors (red and yellow). To the left of the flowerpot is painted a flower as it falls, while to the right are painted fallen leaves. The decoration is typical of Neoclassicism, which characterizes the period 1880-early decades of the 20th century. The colors of the decorations of this period move in cold blue tones.

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