The Feeling of Dependency | Sascha Schneider | 1894 Frame Options:Art Print The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888)

The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema is one of the most opulent and unsettling masterpieces of Victorian classicism

William Blake was a visionary artist

and desolation

but in a strikingly vulnerable and introspective pose

The painting exudes a mystical and otherworldly atmosphere

The Feeling of Dependency | Sascha Schneider | 1894 Frame Options:Art Print The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888)About the artwork: Sascha Schneiders The Feeling of Dependency (1894) is a striking allegory of human vulnerability and the overwhelming grip of addiction, desire, or psychological weakness. The composition shows a muscular male figure, rendered with Schneiders characteristic fascination for the heroic nude, yet here the strength of the body is contrasted with its submission to a spectral, dominating presence that clasps him tightly. The tension lies