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Pygmalion
Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to: Mythology * Pygmalion (mythology), a sculptor who fell in love with his statue Stage * ''Pigmalion'' (opera), a 1745 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau * ''Pygmalion'' (Rousseau), a 1762 melodrama by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Pygmalion'' (opera), a 1779 duodrama opera by Georg Anton Benda * ''Pygmalion'', an 1808 opera by Karol Kurpiński * ''Pimmalione'', an 1809 opera by Luigi Cherubini * ''Il Pigmalione'', an 1816 opera by Gaetano Donizetti * '' Die schöne Galathée'', an 1865 operetta by Franz von Suppé * ''Pygmalion; or, The Statue Fair'', an 1867 musical burlesque by William Brough * '' Pygmalion, ou La Statue de Chypre'', an 1883 ballet with choreography by Marius Petipa * ''Pygmalion'' (play), a 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw Film * ''Pygmalion'' (1935 film), a German film based on the George Bernard Shaw play * ''Pygmalion'' (1937 film), a Dutch film based on the George Bernard Shaw play * ''Pygmalion'' (1938 film), a British film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pygmalion (; Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων ''Pugmalíōn'', ''gen''.: Πυγμαλίωνος) was a legendary figure of Cyprus, who was a king and a sculptor. He is most familiar from Ovid's narrative poem Metamorphoses (poem), ''Metamorphoses'', in which Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved. In Ovid In book 10 of Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...'s ''Metamorphoses'', Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory. He named her Galatea (mythology), Galatea. According to Ovid, when Pygmalion saw the Propoetides of Cyprus practicing prostitution, he began "detesting the faults beyond measure which nature has given to women". He determined to remain celibate and to occupy himself with sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion (play)
''Pygmalion'' is a play by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, named after the Greek mythological figure. It premiered at the Hofburg Theatre in Vienna on 16 October 1913 and was first presented in German on stage to the public in 1913. Its English-language premiere took place at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End in April 1914 and starred Herbert Beerbohm Tree as phonetics professor Henry Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights, including one of Shaw's influences, W. S. Gilbert, who wrote a successful play based on the story called '' Pygmalion and Galatea'' that was first presented in 1871. Shaw would also have been familiar with the musical ''Adonis'' and the burlesque version, ''Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed''. Shaw's play has been adapted nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion (album)
''Pygmalion'' is the third studio album by English rock band Slowdive, released on 6 February 1995 by Creation Records. It was the group's final album before their reformation in 2014, and their only album with Ian McCutcheon, who had replaced Simon Scott on drums. Composition A departure from Slowdive's previous two studio albums ''Just for a Day'' (1991) and ''Souvlaki'' (1993), ''Pygmalion'' features a more experimental sound tilted towards ambient electronic music, with sparse, atmospheric arrangements. ''Pitchfork''s Nitsuh Abebe described the album's songs as "ambient pop dreams" that are stylistically closer to post-rock than the band's trademark shoegaze style. BBC Music writer Wyndham Wallace viewed ''Pygmalion'' as a shoegaze album, albeit not in the traditional sense, noting that at points the record forgoes percussion "entirely". With the exception of the lyrics for the songs "Miranda" and "Visions of LA", which were written by Rachel Goswell, ''Pygmalion'' was comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion Of Tyre
Pygmalion (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ), was king of Tyre from 831 to 785 BCE and a son of King Mattan I (840–832 BCE). During Pygmalion's reign, Tyre seems to have shifted the heart of its trading empire from the Middle East to the Mediterranean, as can be judged from the building of new colonies including Kition on Cyprus, Sardinia (see Nora Stone discussion below), and, according to tradition, Carthage. For the story surrounding the founding of Carthage, see Dido. Name The Latin spelling represents the Greek . The Greek form of the name has been identified as representing the Phoenician ''Pumayyaton'' (or ). This name is recorded epigraphically, as , , a theophoric name interpreted as meaning "Pummay has given". This historical ''Pumayyaton'' however, was a Cypriot "king of Kition, Idalion and Tamassos", not of Tyre, and lived several centuries after Pygmalion of Tyre's supposed lifetime. The Nora Stone, discovered in 1773, has also been read as containing the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion (opera)
Pygmalion is a monodrama in one act by composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter. The opera's first performance was at the , the court theatre in Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the ..., on 20 September 1779. ''Pygmalion'' was the fourth of the five theatrical collaborations of Benda and Gotter. Gotter based his text on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 play ''Pygmalion (Rousseau), Pygmalion''. Benda's melodrama is unusual as it has no singing roles. Two of the three characters, Pygmalion (mythology), Pygmalion and Galatea (mythology), Galatea, are spoken roles; the other, Venus (mythology), Venus, is silently acted on stage. __NOTOC__ Synopsis Pygmalion, having renounced women, is in love with the statue he has made, his Galatea. Venus all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion Effect
The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, is a psychological phenomenon in which high expectations lead to improved performance in a given area. The effect is named for the Greek myth of Pygmalion, the sculptor who fell so much in love with the perfectly beautiful statue he created that the statue came to life. The psychologists Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson, in their book ''Pygmalion in the Classroom'', borrowed something of the myth by advancing the idea that teachers' expectations of their students affect the students' performance, a view that has been called into question as a result of later research findings. Rosenthal and Jacobson held that high expectations lead to better performance and low expectations lead to worse, both effects leading to self-fulfilling prophecy. According to the Pygmalion effect, the targets of the expectations internalize their positive labels, and those with positive labels succeed accordingly; a similar process works in the opposite direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion (1938 Film)
''Pygmalion'' is a 1938 British film based on the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name, and adapted by him for the screen. It stars Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle. The film was a financial and critical success, and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and three more nominations; Best Picture, Best Actor (Howard) and Best Actress (Hiller). The screenplay later was adapted into the 1956 theatrical musical ''My Fair Lady'', which in turn led to the 1964 film of the same name. Adaptation The Hungarian producer Gabriel Pascal wished to create a set of films based on Shaw's works, beginning with ''Pygmalion'', and went to see Shaw in person to gain permission to do so. Shaw was reluctant to allow a film adaptation of ''Pygmalion'' owing to the low quality of previous film adaptations of his works, but Pascal managed to convince him (on the condition Shaw retained constant personal supervision of the adaptation) and later went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion (Rousseau)
''Pygmalion'' (french: Pygmalion, link=no) is the most influential dramatic work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, other than his opera ''Le devin du village''. Though now rarely performed, it was one of the first ever melodramas (that is, a play consisting of pantomime gestures and the spoken word, both with a musical accompaniment). It is formed of spoken monodrama with instrumental musical interludes and thus can be credited with spreading a new theatrical genre, especially in German-speaking areas of Europe. He wrote it in 1762, with music by Horace Coignet. It was first performed at the Hôtel de Ville, Lyon in 1770. The work is considered a turning point for its author, who also wrote ''The Social Contract'' that same year. History Rousseau probably wrote his text in 1762, but hesitated to put on a production of it, complaining of his lack of skill (in Pygmalion's case in life-giving, in Rousseau's in music-writing). The merchant and amateur composer Horace Coignet allowed him to rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigmalion (opera)
''Pigmalion'', more commonly today ''Pygmalion'', is an opera in the form of a one-act '' acte de ballet'' by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 27 August 1748 at the Opéra in Paris. The libretto is by Ballot de Sauvot. This work has generally been regarded as the best of Rameau's one-act pieces. He was said to have composed the work in eight days. Roles Synopsis The story is based on the myth of Pygmalion as told in Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. In Rameau and Ballot de Sauvot's version, the sculptor Pigmalion creates a beautiful statue to which he declares his love. His girlfriend, Céphise, begs for attention; Pigmalion spurns her and entreats the goddess Venus to bring his statue to life. Magically the statue enlivens, sings, and dances; Cupid arrives and praises Pigmalion for his artistry and faith in his powers. Much celebratory dancing and singing follows, attesting to the power of love. Cupid helpfully finds another lover for Céphise. Recordings * ''Pygmalion' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pimmalione
''Pimmalione'' (''Pygmalion'') is an opera in one act by Luigi Cherubini, first performed at the Théâtre des Tuileries, Paris, on 30 November 1809. The libretto is an adaptation by Stefano VestrisStefano Vestris, "a stage poet of no ability", was a member of the famous Italian-French theatrical family which had originated with his father, dancer Gaétan Vestris, and later shone with his brother Auguste Vestris, also a ballet étoile (Henry Sutherland Edwards, ''History of the Opera, from its Origin in Italy to the present Time'', Londra, Allen, 1862, I, p. 302; accessible for free online aGoogle Books. of Antonio Simone Sografi's Italian translation of the text Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote for his ''scène lyrique'' '' Pygmalion'' (1770). It is based on the Classical legend of the sculptor Pygmalion. Cherubini, beset by severe depression, financial difficulties, and the hostility of Napoleon, was persuaded to write the one-act opera by two of the Emperor's favourite singers, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Pigmalione
''Il Pigmalione'' (''Pygmalion'') is a ''scena lirica'' (lyric scene or opera) in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. The librettist is unknown, but it is known that the libretto was based on one by Antonio Simeone Sografi for 's ''Pimmalione'' (1790), in turn based on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ''Pygmalion'' and ultimately based on Book X of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. Sografi's libretto was also used for an opera by Bonifacio Asioli (1796). This was Donizetti's first opera, written in six days between 25 September and 1 October 1816 when the composer was 19Osborne 1994, p. 139 and a student at the Bologna Academy, a position acquired for him with the help of his teacher in Bergamo, Johann Simon MayrAllitt 1991, p. 9 and where his "gift for spontaneous composition flowered". It has been noted that although the comedy is "musically slender, the score, nevertheless, reveals the fledgling composer's flair for melody". It was not performed until 13 October 1960. Performance history The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmalion And Galatea (other)
Pygmalion and Galatea Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white". Galatea, Galathea or Gallathea may refer to: In mythology * Galatea (Greek myth), three different mythological figures In the arts * ''Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'', cantata by H ... are two characters from Greco-Roman mythology. Pygmalion and Galatea may also refer to: * ''Pygmalion and Galatea'' (play), a play by W. S. Gilbert * '' Pygmalion and the Image series'', a series of paintings by Edward Burne-Jones * ''Pygmalion and Galatea'' (Gérôme painting), a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme * ''Pygmalion and Galatea'' (film), a 1898 film by Georges Méliès See also * '' Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed'', a musical parody on Gilbert's play ''Pygmalion and Galatea'', by Henry Pottinger Stephens and Meyer Lutz {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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