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Oranges and lemons Audiodescription.

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This piece from 1927 is the peculiar and very personal representation of the traditional still-life subject.
This composition is the opposite to the inanimate subject, the cold still life of inexpressive fruits and flowers; he combine then de still life and the human figure. The central figure is a woman naked to her waist. This young dark haired girls is only wearing a white skirt. She is portrayed sideways, looking at her front. She has a sensual posture, extending her leg. She is holding some oranges with her arm and breast. There is a contrast between her pale chest and shoulders and the dark background of the painting and the colourful oranges she is holding. She has her dark hair up in a bun, her attractiveness is highlighted by her round face, big nose and mouth. The singularity of Romero de Torres is to paint the fruit as a protagonist of the painting. The composition have all the sensuality of the Flemish still lifes; Romero de Torres goes further with his original interpretation of the subject with the nude participation. In the background it appears series of archaeological pieces usually used with decorative purposes.
In the background there are also and orange-blossom tree and some flower-pots in a patio surrounded by houses.The pieces breathes sensuality and erotica. It was really provocative for the reactionary circles in that time.