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The Dance of the Seven Veils is the dance performed by Salome before King Herod Antipas in modern stage, literature, and visual arts. [2] It is an elaboration on the New Testament story of the Feast of Herod and the execution of John the Baptist , which refers to Salome dancing before the king, but does not give the dance a name.
Salome Dancing before Herod (French: Salomé dansant devant Hérode) is an oil painting produced in 1876 by the French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau. The subject matter is taken from the New Testament, depicting Salome—the daughter of Herod II and Herodias—dancing before Herod Antipas. The work took Moreau seven years to paint. [1]
On a feast held for Herod Antipas' birthday, the princess Salome dances in front of the king and his guests. This pleased him so much he promises her anything she wished for. Incited by her mother Herodias, who was reproved by the John the Baptist for her illegitimate marriage to Herod, Salome demands John's head on a charger. Regretful but ...
On Herod's birthday, Herodias' daughter (whom Josephus identifies as Salome) danced before the king and his guests. Her dancing pleased Herod so much that in his drunkenness he promised to give her anything she desired, up to half of his kingdom. When Salome asked her mother what she should request, she was told to ask for the head of John the ...
In Machaerus, AD 29, Salome (Briar Nolet) practices her dance as part of the revengeful plan to execute John the Baptizer by her mother, Queen Herodias (Shereen Khan), during the birthday of King Herod Antipas (Paul Ben-Victor), and Joanna discovers it from her unfaithful husband, Chuza (Nick Chinlund).
Salome with John the Baptist's head, by Charles Mellin (1597–1649). Salome (/ s ə ˈ l oʊ m i, ˈ s æ l ə m eɪ /; Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace"; Greek: Σαλώμη), [1] also known as Salome III, [2] [a] was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias.
Print, The Dance of Salome, Pablo Picasso, 1905. Vertical rectangle. Salome nude, facing left, dances before Herod. Kneeling female serevant at lower right holds head of John the Baptist on tray. Artist's signature and date in upper right corner. White mat. Medium: black ink on gray paper. Platemark: 40.6 × 34.6 cm (16 in. × 13 5/8 in.).
Dance of the Seven Veils, a leitmotif by Richard Strauss from the 1905 opera Salome; Dance of the Seven Veils, a 1996 album by Newband; Seven Veils (Robert Rich album), 1998; Seven Veils, a 1927 song by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson; Seven Veils, a song by Peter Murphy from the 1989 album Deep