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The painting became part of the collection of the Museo del Prado, in Madrid, in 1819. [1] [2] Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan has been cited as one of the most important works from Velázquez's first trip to Italy [3] and "one of his most successful compositions with regard to the unified, natural interaction of the figures." [4]
Where traditional compositions generally contrast an ordered, harmonious heavenly world above with the tumultuous events taking place in the earthly zone below, in Michelangelo's conception the arrangement and posing of the figures across the entire painting give an impression of agitation and excitement, [4] and even in the upper parts there is "a profound disturbance, tension and commotion ...
The whole room shows the four areas of human knowledge: philosophy, religion, poetry and law, with The Parnassus representing poetry. The fresco shows the mythological Mount Parnassus where Apollo dwells; he is in the centre playing an instrument (a contemporary lira da braccio rather than a classical lyre), surrounded by the nine muses, nine poets from antiquity, and nine contemporary poets.
The Rape of Persephone, or Abduction of Persephone, is a classical mythological subject in Western art, depicting the abduction of Persephone by Hades.In this context, the word Rape refers to the traditional translation of the Latin raptus ('seized' or 'carried off') which refers to bride kidnapping rather than the potential ensuing sexual violence.
This is the pendant to Apollo and Hyacinth on the opposite side of the hall and is depicted being supported by satyrs in a similar fashion. Polyphemus and Acis: In this pendant to Polyphemus and Galatea, the furious cyclops is shown hurling the boulder that kills Galatea's lover Acis (Metamorphoses 13.728ff). Medallions: Apollo and Marsyas
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
The painting's catalogue entry at the time of its first exhibition described it as "Homer receiving homage from all the great men of Greece, Rome and modern times. The Universe crowns him, Herodotus burns incense. [2] The Iliad and Odyssey sit at his feet." Study for Phidias in The Apotheosis of Homer, oil on canvas, 1827, San Diego Museum of Art