[okamishiranui]

Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, helped the Greek hero Theseus escape from her father's infamous Labyrinth, but Theseus abandoned her soon after on the island of Naxos. She was rescued by Bacchus, god of wine, who is seen here rushing in from his ship. He honored her by flinging her crown up into the sky, where it became a constellation of stars. The figures in Eustache Le Sueur's paintings have a cool monumentality that suggests sculpture; the pose of Ariadne comes from ancient Roman sarcophagi, and that of Bacchus from the renowned classical statue, the Apollo Belvedere. Circa 1640, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

[fravery]

Dimitri Danish - Night life in Verona

[okamishiranui]

The Vision of Constantine (1670) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1690).

[cma-greek-roman-art]

Mirror Box with Head of Athena, 400-375 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

These case or box mirrors, constructed just like modern, hinged ladies’ compacts, were very fashionable from the later 5th century into the 4th century. The decoration of the cover was always in repoussé. Frequently there was another disk within this cover with an incised decoration of a mythological figure. The actual mirror is the highly polished top of the bottom half of the box. A loop at the hinge allowed the mirror to be suspended as a wall decoration when not in active use. Size: Diameter: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.) Medium: bronze, partially gilt

https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.66.a

[mementomoriiv]

Yoneda Eri

[cma-greek-roman-art]

Half Drachm, 550-421 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Size: Diameter: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.) Medium: silver

https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.983

[okamishiranui]

The Birth of Venus (1879) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905).

The Birth of Venus is one of the most famous paintings by 19th-century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but her transportation in a shell as a fully mature woman from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus. She is considered the epitome of the Classical Greek and Roman ideal of the female form and beauty, on par with Venus de Milo.

[hellonheelz93]

The Birth of Venus (detail) by Adolph Hirémy-Hirschl 1860-1933

[darkmacademia]

the parthenon sculptures / british museum, london