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Ganymede carried off into Heaven, Book X, illustration from Ovid's Metamorphoses. By Luigi Ademollo.
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Ganymede carried off into Heaven, Book X, illustration from Ovid's Metamorphoses. By Luigi Ademollo.
Dido and Aeneas
Artist: Nicolas Verkolye (Dutch, 1673 - 1746)
Date: Early 18th century
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Description
The shipwrecked Trojan prince Aeneas, shown on the right, arrives at the court of Dido, the legendary queen and founder of Carthage. Hands upraised, Dido and members of her court react in surprise at the appearance of the splendidly uniformed warrior. Others point knowingly to Venus and Cupid, who appear in the upper corner. It was Cupid who made Dido fall hopelessly in love with Aeneas. Although not shown here, the episode will end sadly; prompted by Aeneas' inevitable departure, Dido commits suicide.
Just some drawings of Ganymede in my sketchbook
Hector Bidding Farewell to Andromache and Astyanax
Artist: C.W. Eckersberg (Danish, 1783-1853)
Date: 1813-1816
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Dream of Paris
Artist: Monogrammist PG (Germany, active c. 1525–1550)
Date: 1536
Medium: Oil on panel
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Description
Faced with choosing the fairest goddess among Minerva, Juno, and Venus, the Trojan prince Paris picked Venus, shown here holding a heart and the golden apple given as a prize in the contest, with her son Cupid frolicking at her feet. Paris wears the garb of a contemporary knight rather than classical dress, a choice that emphasizes the enduring relevance of his moral crossroads as well as, through contrast, the nudity of the goddesses. His sleeping pose and the painting’s inscription, PARIS / TRA(U)M (“dream of Paris,” on the slip of paper attached to the tree), indicate that he is in the midst of a dream vision, a poetic device carried over from medieval allegory and used to foreshadow future events in a narrative. Here, these include the departure of Paris and Helen by boat in the middle distance, the catalyst for the Trojan War.
The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas
Artist: Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland (English, 1735–1811)
Date: 1766
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Collection: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Description
The picture depicts the meeting of the Trojan prince Aeneas and the Carthaginian queen, Dido, as described in Book I of Virgil's Aeneid. Following the sack of Troy, Aeneas and his followers are shipwrecked on the coast of North Africa, near the city of Carthage. There, Aeneas meets his mother, Venus, disguised as a huntress. She tells him the sad history of Dido, who was forced to flee her home in Tyre and to build a new citadel at Carthage. Venus envelops Aeneas and his compatriot Achates in a shroud of mist to enable them to penetrate Dido's citadel undetected. Upon entering the temple of Juno, Aeneas sees Dido seated upon her throne, welcoming a number of his fellow Trojans whom he had believed drowned in the recent shipwreck, and expressing her desire to see their 'king' Aeneas. At that moment the mist clears and Aeneas reveals his identity to Dido. This is the precise moment portrayed by Dance.
When people find out my name is Paris, I get either one of two responses.
1. "Oh was you conceived in Paris then?" To which my answer is "No my parents just didn't want to name me Ford Escort."
2. "Oh Paris Hilton aye?" (I don't even dignify that one with an answer.)
For once I would like someone to be original and say "Oh like the Trojan Prince who stole another man's wife which started a war? That Paris?"