The ghats at benares. Hodges's diploma work depicts the broad flights of steps known as ghauts or ghats, lining the western bank of the ganges at benares, which enable ceremonial bathing. Although he worked from sketches made in india, hodges painted this picture in london. In his studio he applied european neoclassical painting conventions to the compositional arrangement and finish. The result is a polished picturesque scene rather than a strictly topographical one. Diploma work given by william hodges ra accepted 1787. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1781. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 91.5 cm (36 in); width: 130.8 cm (51.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted Place: Varanasi. Collection: Royal Academy of Arts. William Hodges - The Ghauts at Benares - Royal Academy collection
Loading...
