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Dec 26 2010
Hercules Wrestling with Death, Leighton, 1871
Academician / British / Greco-Roman / Leighton / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This painting depicts the myth of Hercules fighting off Death as he comes for the willing death-victim of King Admetus of Thessaly. Apollo had tricked Death not to take his lover Admetus but only on condition that a voluntary replacement be found for him. After many attempts, the victim was found in the wife of Admetus, Alcestis. The play Alcestis was produced in 438 B.C. and is probably the earliest of nineteen surviving plays of Euripides.
Dec 24 2010
Forge of Vulcan, Diego Velazquez, 1630
Baroque / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece was created in 1630, the work of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez. The Spanish master artist died in 1660 in Madrid when he was sixty-one years old. This work is now displayed in the Museo de Prado in Madrid.
Sep 16 2010
Artemis, known to the Romans as Diana
American / Caperton / Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Neoclassical - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a re-constructionist image of Artemis, the virgin huntress among the Olympians, who was the twin sister of Apollo. She is here depicted listening the the report of a woodland bird, perhaps telling her of a defilement of the sanctuary of the wild creatures of the woods of whom she was the protectress.
Aug 25 2010
Temple of Apollo at Phigalia by Karl Brulloff, 1835
Greco-Roman / Italian / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Karl Brulloff’s masterpiece watercolor, “Temple of Apollo at Phigalia”. This Russian painter was born of Italian parents and lived in Rome from 1821 to 1835. In 1833 his reputation was made and he created this watercolor on the way back to his native Russia. Due to failing health, he returned to Italy in 1849 and died three years later in Rome at the age of fifty-three years. The original watercolor is in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
Aug 19 2010
Forge of Vulcan by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, 1630
Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece was created in 1630, the work of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez. It displays the story of Apollo’s telling Hephaistos (Vulcan to the Romans) of the illicit love affair between Ares (Mars) and Hephaistos’ wife Aphrodite (Venus). Apollo appears in the form of Phoebus, the bright shining one, and has a radiance about his head. Hephaistos shows his outrage in his glaring eyes. The dramatic moment is superbly captured by the Spanish master. He artist died in 1660 in Madrid when he was sixty-one years old. This work is now displayed in the Museo de Prado in Madrid.
Jul 28 2010
Phaeton by Odilon Redon of ca. 1905
French / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist - 1 year ago - troycapc
This modern Symbolist masterpiece was created by Odilon Redon in the early years of the twentieth century. It depicts the Greek mythological figure Phaeton, the son of Apollo, who was allowed to drive his father’s chariot through the heavens. The boy could not control the divine steeds and eventually was tossed from the chariot and plunged to his death. Redon did not achieve any degree of fame until 1884 when he was forty-four years old. He began to favor pastels and oils in the 1890’s until his death in 1916.
Jun 22 2010
Chariot of Apollo, Odilon Redon, 1909
French / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist - 1 year ago - troycapc
This modern Symbolist masterpiece was created by Odilon Redon in about 1909. It depicts the Greek God of the Sun, Phoebus Apollo, as he personifies the sun in its daily chariot ride across the heavens. Redon did not achieve any degree of fame until 1884 when he was forty-four years old. He began to favor pastels and oils in the 1890’s until his death in 1916.
Jun 21 2010
Ajax and Cassandra, Solomon Joseph Solomon, 1886
Academician / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Solomon Joseph Solomon’s masterpiece “Ajax and Cassandra” of 1886. This is rendition of the Greek tale, set in the destruction of Troy, of Ajax taking captive the Princess Cassandra, priestess of Apollo and daughter of Priam. Solomon Joseph Solomon was a British painter of the Pre-Raphaelte movement and was a student and followere of Alexandre Cabanel. He died in 1927 at the age of sixty-seven yerars. The original painting is in the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery in Victoria, Australia.
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