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The Fall of Phaeton is a painting by the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, featuring the ancient Greek myth of Phaeton (Phaethon), a recurring theme in visual arts. Rubens chose to depict the myth at the height of its action, with the thunderbolts hurled by Zeus to the right.
The fall of Phaeton by Jacob Jordaens. Although Helios himself is present in their works, for the two earliest ancient Greek authors, Homer and Hesiod, the chariot and the four horses that pull Helios each morning do not seem to exist at all; the oldest work in which they appear being the Homeric Hymns. [11] [12] [13]
In one of the earliest surviving artistic attestations of the myth, a cast taken from an Arretine mould now housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [16] Phaethon is shown falling from the car, while Helios with a spare horse (as Euripides alone described) by his side has caught two horses and is preparing to catch the other two.
The Fall of Phaeton (Rubens) The Fall of the Titans; Farewell of Hector and Andromache; G. Galatea (Raphael) The Garden of Pan; The Golden Age (painting) H.
The Fall of Phaeton above is one example of Ruben’s masterful composition on a large scale... 98.4 × 131.2 cm (38.7 × 51.7 in) - is not much of a large scale. Hafspajen 13:02, 14 April 2014 (UTC) All of the sources give 98.4 * 131.2 . I don't think Empty Easel is a site to rely on.
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A second graphic video has also been shared purporting to show Payne’s fall. Evaluation. The first video does not show the lead-up to Payne’s death in Argentina. It was filmed in Mexico and ...
Phaeton lost control of the fiery horses and to keep the runaway chariot from destroying the earth, Zeus had to destroy the chariot with a thunderbolt, thereby killing Phaeton. Zeus is riding an eagle as he casts the thunderbolt that overturns the chariot. The three women depicted below the falling chariot represent Phaeton's grieving sisters.