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Roman/Greek Mythical Painting
By Andrew Jeong
The Birth of Venus
By Sandro Botticelli
• Oil on Canvas during Italian Renaissance• A Roman myth relating to Venus, the goddess of love, which
is equivalent to Aphrodite of Greek myth• The artist wanted to portray divine love through the painting.
By making Venus the central point of image, it conveys the idea of importance. Unlike the that of High Renaissance, this painting of the Italian Renaissance adopted the concept of Humanism and Botticelli implemented human like figure of Venus into this painting. All together, it tells a story of Venus born from divine shell all while she creates serenity, unity, and perfection in her surrounding.
Bibliography
• "Birth of Venus." Artble: The Home of Passionate Art Lovers. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. <http://www.artble.com/artists/sandro_botticelli/paintings/birth_of_venus>.
• "Botticelli, Sandro." WebMuseum:. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. <http://
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/ >.
Art Hunt
John HanPeriod B3
Title and Artist
• Title: Orpheus and Eurydice
• Artist: Tiziano Vecellio
The Painting
The Myth
• The Greek tragic story of Orpheus and Eurydice
How it’s retold
• The painting depicts two scenes from the myth. On the left, a serpent, shown as a dragon, bites Eurydice. On the right, the scene where Orpheus makes a mistake of looking back at Eurydice as they exit the inferno of Hades is illustrated.
Citation
Vecellio, Tiziano. Orpheus and Eurydice. 1508. Oil on wood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.
Helen of TroyEvelyn de Morgan1898The Illiad
Instead of weapons and battles, De Morgan decides to paint Helena wearing a beautiful pink robe and paint her beautiful face using the artistic elements. This painting illustrates her overwhelming beauty, which relates to how she was very attractive to men.
Morgan, Evelyn De. Helen of Troy. Digital image. Web.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helen_Of_Troy.jpg>
MedusaCaravaggio1597The Illiad
In Greek mythology, Medusa is depicted as a monster who has a ugly face of a female attached with living venomous snakes. Thus, this painting lucidly illustrates the portrayal of Medusa.
Caravaggio. Medusa. Digital image. Web.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Medusa.jpg>
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Jessica ChoMs. HogsheadWorld Lit A3
October 18, 2012
Painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Date: 1808
Museum: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Neoclassicism
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jean-auguste-dominique-ingres-oedipus-and-the-sphinx
The Myth
• Oedipus guessed the Sphinx’s riddle and saved the city of Thebes
• Oedipus’ wife turned out to be his mother• Oedipus killed a man who later turned out to
be his father• Oedipus blinded himself as a repentance• The painting depicts Oedipus confidently
solving Sphinx’s riddle.
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Rachel Han
Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygmalion
Galatea
Eros
• This painting is based on the story of Pygmalion and Galatea. Pygmalion was a famous sculptor who fell in love with Galatea, a beautiful female figurine that he had sculpted. Unable to resist his love, Pygmalion prayed to Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, on the day of her celebration. Deeply moved by his devotion and the beauty of his sculpture, Aphrodite granted his wish and blew life into Galatea, who later on married Pygmalion and lived with him until the end of their days.
• In this painting, the artist depicted the scene in which Galatea slowly becomes alive. Her upper body has become completely human, expressing her admiration and love for her creator, Pygmalion, while her legs are still at its cold, ivory state. On the top right corner, Eros, Aphrodite’s son and messenger of love, shoots his arrow to represent Pygmalion and Galatea’s love and Aphrodite’s approval of their love.
Greek Mythology:Pygmalion and Galatea
• "Greece Myths: Pygmalion and Galatea." Greece Myths: Pygmalion and Galatea. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. <http://www.greeka.com/greece-myths/pygmalion-galatea.htm>.
• "HarvestHeart – Jean Gerome, Pygmalion and Galatea, Oil On..." HarvestHeart. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. <http://harvestheart.tumblr.com/post/3210343930>.
Works Cited:
The Triumph of Galatea,Rap
haelBy Jeein Jeon
The Painting
The myth• The beautiful Nereid Galatea falls in love with the peasant
shepherd Acis.• Her consort, Polyphemus (one-eyed giant), throws an
enormous pillar and kills Acis.
How is the myth retold through the painting?
• No main events of the story• The scene of the nymph's apotheosis• Galatea appears surrounded by other sea creatures
whose forms are inspired by Michelangelo• The bright colors and decoration are inspired by ancient
Roman paintings.• At the left, a sturdy Triton (partly man and fish) abducts
a sea nymph and another Triton uses a shell as a trumpet
• Galatea rides a shell-coach drawn by two dolphins• Galatea not only resembles one human but also represents
the ideal beauty
Works Cited
Krén, Emil, and Daniel Marx. "Web Gallery of Art, Image
Collection, Virtual Museum, Searchable Database of
European Fine Arts (1000-1850)." Web Gallery of Art,
Image Collection, Virtual Museum, Searchable
Database of European Fine Arts (1000-1850). N.p.,
n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2012. <http://www.wga.hu/frames-
e.html?/html/r/raphael/5roma/1/05farne.html>.
Nadya Kim and Lina ChangWorld Lit A1
Art Hunt
The Judgement of Parisby Peter Paul Rubens
• Rubens tells the story of Paris’ judgment of which of the three goddesses (Venus, Juno or Minerva) was the most beautiful.
• Paris chose Venus and awarded her the golden apple
• The jealousy and fury of the goddesses were one of the reasons that led to the Trojan War.
The Myth
• Alterations show that Rubens first painted an earlier moment when Mercury told the goddesses to undress; the final stage shows Paris awarding the apple to Venus, who stands between Minerva and Juno; Mercury stands behind Paris and above is the Fury, Alecto.
• Paris was rescued by shepherds when he was young because he was prophesized that he would ruin the city so he was abandoned (his shepherd’s staff is clearly seen in the painting).
How it’s retold through the painting
Works Cited
• Rubens, Peter Paul. Judgement of Paris. 1632-5. The National Gallery,
Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN. The National Gallery. The National
Gallery. Web. 18 Oct. 2012.
Jane Jun-P3(B)
Psyche Welcomed to the Underworld by Pluto and Proserpine
Psyche Welcomed to the Underworld by Pluto and Proserpine
By Charles-Joseph NatoireCollection of Louvre Museum
– -alludes to the Greek Myth of Eros and Psyche– -This scene shows how Psyche receiving the bottle
with a drop of Proserpine's beauty.
– -After Psyche falls in love with Eros but does not follow what he says, she is offered by Aphrodite to do certain things in order to meet Eros again. As one of the impossible tasks, Aphrodite demanded Psyche to go to the underworld to get Propserpine’s beatuy.
The myth of Eros and psyche
• Natoire, Charles-Joseph. Psyche Welcomed to the Underworld by Pluto and Proserpine. 1734-35. The Louvre, Paris.
Works Cited
Hyojin kim
Birth of Venus
Birth of Venus
Birth of Venus
- Title: “Birth of Venus”- Artist: Sandro Betticelli- Myth: In myth, Venus-Aphrodite was born of sea-foam.
Roman theology presents Venus as the yielding, watery female principle, essential to the generation and balance of life. Her male counterparts in the Roman pantheon, Vulcan and Mars, are active and fiery. Venus absorbs and tempers the male essence, uniting the opposite of male and female in mutual affection. She is essentially assimilative and benign, and embraces several otherwise quite disparate functions.
Birth of venus
• In Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus”, the goddess Venus emerges from the sea upon a shell in accordance with the myth that explains her birth. Her shell is pushed to the shore from the winds produced by the Zephyr wind-gods amid a shower of roses. As the goddess is about to step on the shore, one of the Nymphs reaches out to cover her with a purple cloak.
Work cited
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
The painting depicts the scene in which Venus, the goddess of beauty and love, is born as she arises from the foam of the sea water. After Saturn castrated his father Caelus, he threw Caelus’s genital into the sea water. The mixture of Caelus’s blood and sea water created Venus and prompted this miraculous birth.
In the painting, Venus is located in the center, with a nymph reaching her to cover her with a cloak. The Zephyr win pushes her towards the shore. The painting depicts the exact moment in which Venus comes to life, coming out of a shell. The painting serves to emphasize the elegance and beauty of Venus.
Works CitedFinnan, Vincent. “The Birth of Venus.” Italian Renaissance. 2012. Web. 18 Oct. 2012.Reynolds, Joshua. “Venus.” New World Encyclopedia. 2 Apr. 2008. Web. 18 Oct. 2012
JAMIE PARK and Andrew Oh’s ClassworkYEAHHHHHHH
“Aphrodite and Eros
• Title: “Aphrodite and Eros”
• Lucas Cranach Sr.• “The Tale of Eros and
Psyche”• Aphrodite is hiding Eros
from Psyche.• St. Petersburg Museum
Works cited
• “Greek Mythology Paintings.” iGreekmythology.
• 2009. Web. 18 October 2012.
The Choice of Hercules
Art Hunt
• Title: The Choice of Hercules• Artist: Annibale Carracci• The painting: Oil on Canvas• The Myth it relates to: Relates to the myth of
the great hero, Hercules.
• How this myth is retold through the paining: The moment when Hercules had to choose his destiny. Hard journey to success or easy journey to no success. Left woman represents hard destiny and other represents easier destiny.
• Work cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Choice_of_Hercules