Vicious Circle | Jacek Malczewski | 1897 18th Century This evocative scene reflects themes

This evocative scene reflects themes of solitude

some in flight and others perched on the ground

The landscape is eerie and corpse-like

Below the figure

silhouetted against drifting clouds that veil the glowing moon

Vicious Circle | Jacek Malczewski | 1897 18th Century This evocative scene reflects themesThe painting depicts a fantastic vision of human figures whirling dynamically in mid air in a magical circle. The artist represented himself as a pensive boy sitting on top of a stepladder above the titular vicious circle and holding a brush in his hand. He is surrounded by the naked bodies of Bacchantes; youths and elderly men personifying the feelings and imagination of a young artist. Paradoxically, they seem both real thanks to the painting's