“Temple Festival in Bali deservedly ranks among Le Mayeur’s finest works; offering a rare and comprehensive portrayal of the festive marketplace in front of the village temple on special feast days. The visual structure emphasizes the crowded foreground, using a perspective of concentric circles across the horizontal plane which culminates in the central performance, illuminated by the patch of sun-ensconced ground; in imitation of the artist’s precise breadth of view according to his positioning within the scenario….This is strongly contrasted with the artist’s secondary technique of thinly layering pastel shades to create pictorial depth within the background, only providing the barest delineations of shapes and shadow…(which) creates a mirage-like quality…framed by the elegant ritual parasols, hanging vines of the banyan trees overhead and fronds of banana leaves in the distance, while the imposing arched pagoda of the Hindu temple shimmers behind the joyous crowd.” Jop Ubbens

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