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Trojan War In Art And Literature
There are a wide range of ways in which people have represented the Trojan War in literature and the arts. Art Painting *The pre-war episodes of Leda and the Swan and the Judgement of Paris were frequent subjects in art from the Renaissance onwards. * Laocoön, c.1610–1614, a painting by El Greco from The National Gallery of Art*''Helen of Troy'' by Evelyn De Morgan *''Fifty Days at Iliam'' by Cy Twombly, painted in 1978 *Sketches of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, illustrating the fall of Troy Mosaic * In a Roman villa complex at the Rutland (East Midlands, United Kingdom), dating back to the 3rd and 4th century AD, archaeologists discovered a mosaic depicting the fight between Achilles and Hector. Pottery Innumerable ancient items, including: * the Trojan War was a classic subject for the Pottery of ancient Greece (for example see the potter Exekias and certain bands of the François Vase). * the Mykonos vase, pottery depiction of the Trojan war and horse Sculpture * the Medic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leda And The Swan
Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces or rapes Leda. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta. According to many versions of the story, Zeus took the form of a swan and had sexual intercourse with Leda on the same night she slept with her husband King Tyndareus. In some versions, she laid two eggs from which the children hatched. In other versions, Helen is a daughter of Nemesis, the goddess who personified the disaster that awaited those suffering from the pride of Hubris. Especially in art, the degree of consent by Leda to the relationship seems to vary considerably; there are numerous depicions, for example by Leonardo da Vinci, that show Leda affectionately embracing the swan, as their children play. The subject was rarely seen in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
