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Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It is traditionally considered a depiction of the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus , whom the Romans called Saturn , eating one of his children out of fear of a prophecy by Gaea that one of his children would overthrow him.
Saturn (1636) by Rubens. Saturn or Saturn Devouring His Son is a 1636 painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid. [1]It was commissioned for the Torre de la Parada by Philip IV of Spain and shows the influence of Michelangelo on Rubens, which he had picked up on his journey to Italy.
In particular, Cronus's role in the genealogy of the Greek gods was transferred to Saturn. As early as Andronicus (3rd century BC), Jupiter was called the son of Saturn. [5] Saturn had two mistresses who represented different aspects of the god. The name of his wife, Ops, the Roman equivalent of Greek Rhea, means "wealth, abundance, resources."
Summary. Description English: Saturn devouring ... Saturn devouring his sons, Goya, c. 1797, red chalk on laid paper ... Saturn Devouring His Son;
Saturn Devouring His Son is a name given to one of around 14 works by Francisco Goya which comprise his so called "Black Paintings" series. Each was created when Goya was in his latter years and seemingly preoccupied both by fears for his own mental stability and a general loss of faith in the direction of contemporary Spanish society. Reason
Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting, titled by art critics, created by Spanish artist Francisco Goya and painted onto the walls of his home along with 13 others. According to the traditional interpretation, it depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (in the title Romanised to Saturn), who, fearing that he would be overthrown by his ...
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Saturn's Children may refer to: the children of Saturn (mythology) in Roman myth; Saturn, fearing his children usurping him, ate them at birth; Saturn's Children (Duncan and Hobson book), a 1995 political science book by Alan Duncan and Dominic Hobson; Saturn's Children, a 2008 science fiction novel by Charlie Stross