Myth of Europe in art Who was Europe? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ What do you know about the myth of Europe? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ What are the 3 most important moment of the Rape of Europe? 1 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2______________________________________________________________________________ 3______________________________________________________________________________ Who are the main characters depicted in the various pieces of arts? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Who were the most important poets that wrote about the Myth of Europe? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ What the myth tells us: - In general, the Myth represents a movement of civilization from East to West and the name Europa, given to western territories, witnesses this movement. - During the representation of Middle Age: it belongs to illustrated Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Allegorical meaning: Europa represents the human soul and the bull is Christ, as a redeemer moving Europa from Earth (desires and misguided affections to which many of Ovid's protagonists succumb) to Paradise (Img11). - In some period, as in ‘600-’700, the Myth seems often to be without any deep meaning more used as an ornamental motif to reproduce even on different objects or tapestry. - During the XX Century, under the nazi-fascism period the myth was used for propaganda campaign, from both Mussolini and Hitler. - In the contemporary age the Myth has been again modified and adapted to nowadays, reflecting political and cultural changes of the continent. In some representations, the Myth recalls a world where the exotic is mixed to the global world and Europa is not the center of the planet anymore.

Now look at these pictures and: - Try to analyze them from the iconography point of view. - Find common elements among them. - Find differences among them. - Can you guess the period they were realized?

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Now let’s compare your interpretation, analysis, observation with the presentation!