Giorgio De Chirico - Temple of the Sun

This type of subject can be classified within the metaphysical aesthetic. The artistic movement founded by Giorgio de Chirico reclaims images that already exist, familiar to the collective imagination. However, it creates an effect of alienation through the process of displacement, that is, the sudden appearance of an object outside its usual context, or through condensation, the fusion of multiple objects into a single entity. Metaphysical art is also distinguished by the ostentatiously illusory nature of its images.

The work is a prime example of the aesthetic and formal principles of Giorgio de Chirico's Metaphysical Art. In this case, the sense of alienation is not created by the appearance of an object but rather by the surrounding environment. Indeed, while there is some degree of verisimilitude, the artist plays with the representational mode with great ambiguity. Perspectives are distorted, and shadows do not correspond to the light source. Other constant elements in De Chirico's poetics recur, such as the objective and illusory form and classical references.

Giorgio De Chirico, born in Volos, Greece, in 1888, died in Rome in 1978. He is the founder of Metaphysical painting. De Chirico reclaims images that already exist, familiar to the collective imagination. But he creates an effect of estrangement through the process of displacement—the sudden appearance of an object outside its usual context—or condensation, the fusion of multiple objects into a single entity. Metaphysical painting is also characterized by the illusory nature of its images.

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