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Satyress is the female equivalent to satyrs. They are entirely an invention of post-Roman European artists, as the Greek satyrs were exclusively male and the closest there was to female counterparts were the nymphs , altogether different creatures who, however, were nature spirits or deities like the satyrs.
The faun (Latin: Faunus, pronounced [ˈfäu̯nʊs̠]; Ancient Greek: φαῦνος, romanized: phaûnos, pronounced [pʰâu̯nos]) is a half-human and half-goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology.
Kneeling Female Faun (French: Femme Faune agenouillée) is a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin. A variant of his work The Martyr , it is made of bronze. It was originally conceived in 1884 and exhibited in 1889 in Georges Petit 's gallery.
Standing Female Faun or Standing Fauness is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in 1910. It is sculpted from white marble and its dimensions are 70.1 x 44.7 x 38.4 cm.
Faun is a German band that was formed in 1998 and plays pagan folk, darkwave, and medieval music. The originality of their music style is that it falls back to "old" instruments, and the singing is always the center of attention.
The Thinker in the Gates at the Musée Rodin Detail of the Kneeling Female Faun in the tympanum. The original sculptures were enlarged and became works of art of their own. The Thinker (Le Penseur), also called The Poet, is located above the door panels. One interpretation suggests that it might represent Dante looking down to the characters in ...
The group features a classicizing female figure (the nymph) and a fawn (young deer, rather than the classical faun usually paired with nymphs). The nymph, coiffed with a vine and nude except for a thin band of cloth draped just below her hips, stands on her proper left leg and rests her folded right leg on a rock formation that reaches nearly ...
Kneeling Female Faun: 1884 Bronze Gates of Hell, Musée Rodin, Paris More images: Torso of Adele: 1884 Plaster Musée Rodin, Paris 11×37.5 More images: Octave Mirbeau: 1885 Marble Museo Soumaya, Mexico City 60.5 x 59 x 33 More images: Damned Women: 1885 to 1890 Bronze Museo Soumaya, Mexico City 20.6 x 28.6 x 12.7 More images: Fugitive Love ...