what are some of your favorite greek myth artworks? (doesn't have to be made in ancient greece i mean from any time)
oh i'm so thrilled you asked me this. buckle up though because i love way too many pieces just to pick a few so this may get long lol
starting with some john singer sargent paintings because man i love his mythos works i'm obsessed with his style i wish he painted odysseus
atlas and the hesperides by john singer sargent
perseus on pegasus slaying medusa & orestes pursued by the furies both by sargent
the judgement of paris & chiron and achilles by sargent
and also what my curent pfp is from:
apollo and the muses by sargent
circe by frederick s church
i posted this a few days ago actually but it is one my favs so i'll include it again here
the reconciliation of helen and paris after his defeat by menelaus by richard westall (right)
not sure where the variation from the left comes from, but i like it a lot too so i'm putting both
this is from ancient greece i'm pretty sure, but when i reverse image search it i don't get much. but i adore this pottery art her little puffed out cheeks she's so cute.... and why the dude to left side eyeing her!!! what a hater i bet she's playing a lovely tune!!
the judgement of paris by paul altherr
clytemnestra by john collier
bacchanalia, the battle of love by paul cezanne
bacchus, venus and ariadne by tintoretto
theseus and the minotaur by edward burne-jones
love theseus's cunty bob here and obsessed with how cute the minotaur looks they're playing hide and seek actually guys. they're best friends don't even worry
reunion of odysseus and telemachus by henri-lucien doucet
this one gets me so bad guys. just fucking look at them oh my godddd the way he;s holding him... the kiss to the cheek... i'm on the floor
the meeting of ulysses and penelope by john francis rigaud
odysseus and penelope reunited by newell convers wyeth
not a big fan of blonde odysseus but i do adore the penelope here and their pose
there's more i want to include but this is starting to get long so i'm going to add some statues and be done
this statue of orestes and electra. i admit i don't know who the artist is i just love the way they're holding each other and the fact that she's taller than him. and her short hair (which i know is because of mourning, they're infront of agamemnon's tomb, but also my butch elektra agenda... you get it)
apollo and daphne by bernini
i would kill to see this in person. like please gods if i could only see one more famous statue in person in my life time let it be this one
psyche revived by cupid's kiss by antonio canova
a basic answer but i mean come on. this statue is so fucking beautiful i might get it tattooed
sleeping hermaphroditus (artist unknown, mattress by bernini)
love this one the statue is actually from ancient rome while the mattress is from the 1600s
another one i've posted before but roman statue of odysseus escaping polyphemus' cave beneath a ram
hope this wasn't dreadfully long but thanks so much for this ask i love going into mythos art!! maybe i'll do a separate post for my favorite pottery arts made in ancient times at some point
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