Adaptation of Classical Myth
Titian [Tiziano Vecellio]. Italian painter, c. 1488—1576. Also known by his Italian name, Tiziano or Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio, Titian was an especially prolific painter over a long career in the Italian Renaissance. He worked in many media, including oil on canvas, fresco, engraving and the …
Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989; pioneer Japanese manga and anime; “god of manga” Osamu Tezuka remains one of the most widely acknowledged manga artists of post-war Japan. An artist whose influence has been felt internationally for his development of Astro Boy (1952-1968), Princess Knight (1953-1956), and …
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Hans Baldung Grien (1485/85-1545) sketched a “Judgment of Paris” for a mural or tapestry that, if it ever was executed, is now lost. The preserved ink drawing shows that even late in his career, in the middle of the 16th Century, certain Medieval elements of …
Perham Wilhelm Nahl, “The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules” (1915), color offset lithograph (as booklet cover and broadside poster), advertisement for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held at San Francisco 20 Feb – 1 Dec 1915. The original is now held in a private collection. — OGCMA …
Giovanni Maria Benzoni, 1809-1873. “Zephyr Dancing with Flora.” Marble sculpture on decorative base. 1870. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan; accession number 16.8, gift of Mrs. Cameron D. Waterman. — FloraZephyr2.0001_Benzoni Zephyr wears no clothing, his modesty covered only by the hem of Flora’s sheer …
International Cinema — a powerhouse program, a jewel in BYU’s crown — will bring three or four films to registered viewers every week of the Fall semester. Two of the Fall2020 films treat classical mythological themes, one as a reception and one as an adaptation. …
Agnolo Bronzino executed in 1539 a commission and painted Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, arguably Europe’s most eligible bachelor. The cocksure portrait (vid. left; link) was intended to convince Eleanora of Toledo of the desirability of her becoming a new Eurydice to Cosimo’s Orpheus. The …
The work called “Perseus and Andromeda — a role reversal” reworks the central premise of the familiar moment in the Perseus and Andromeda rescue. Here two nudes participate heroically in the rescue of a victim on a sea-side cliff. A desiccated piscine seamonster rises between the …
———— Post by Sophia Ison* Andrew Bird’s music is often filled with philosophical themes, historical events, current issues, and scientific reference. He also dabbles in exploring classical myths. The folk indie song “Sisyphus”, by whistler extraordinaire Andrew Bird, depicts the endless labor of the previously …