Hephaestus forging the arrows of Eros
This painting by Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668, entitled Vulcan manufactures the arrows of Love, can be considered emblematically representative of the Bolognese artist’s painting. The composition...
Mythography
The artistic representation of myth and legend. Can be funny or serious.
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Will Odysseus tell his wife about his conquests?
Greek hero Odysseus has finally returned home to his wife, the faithful Penelope, after battling the Trojans and enduring years of subsequent troubles. The lovers...
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Iphigenia
In representing the mythological subject of the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, Bertholet Flemalle, a Belgian painter of the Baroque period, working in the Episcopal Principality of...
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The Hit on Argos
In this painting Jacques Reattu describes the moment in which Mercury is about to kill Argos, the mythological shepherd, placed by Juno to guard Io,...
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Ariadne Ditched
This depiction of Ariadne in Naxos, painted in 1816 by Franz Gerhard von Kügelgen, born in Bacharach, on February 26, 1772, was part, together with...
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Sphinx
Boris Vallejo
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Vitruvian Woman
Artist : Gene Espy
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The new pyramid of Bubastis
Fredy Wenzel.
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A Stamp Collection of Ancient Greek Gods
A Stamp Collection of Ancient Greek Gods
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Fountain of Rage
Poseidon/ Neptune The Fountain of Neptune is a fountain in Florence, Italy, situated on the Piazza della Signoria (Signoria square), in front of the Palazzo...
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Winged Victory
The iconic Greek Winged Athena Nike (Winged Victory) of Samothrace. Words cannot do this justice so I will not bother.
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Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Mary Magdalene In The Cave
Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Mary Magdalene In The Cave, 1876.
