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In some versions of a Greek creation myth, Prometheus forges humans from clay and the stolen fire brings them to life. A painting, Adam and Eve, also by Baburen, was sold at auction in 1707 together with the Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan, and one might conjecture that the two works formed a pair, both being illustrations of creation. [1] [2]
Persephone (painting) Polyphemus (Sebastiano del Piombo) Prometheus (Orozco) Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan; Prometheus Bound (Rubens) Prometheus Bound (Thomas Cole) Psamathe (Leighton) The Psyché (My Studio) Psyche Abandoned (painting) Pygmalion and Galatea (Girodet) Pygmalion and Galatea (Gérôme painting) Pygmalion and the Image series
The subject of The Oceanids (The Naiads of the Sea) is from the ancient Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound, traditionally attributed to Aeschylus. [2] The painting depicts a group of Oceanids—ocean nymphs from Greek mythology—gathered at a rock in the ocean. The nude Oceanids lie on the rock or in the water in contorted positions; a group of ...
In Greek mythology, Prometheus (/ p r ə ˈ m iː θ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, [promɛːtʰéu̯s], possibly meaning "forethought") [1] is a god of fire. [2] Prometheus is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and, more generally ...
Prometheus Bound, a Greek play attributed to Aeschylus, but thought to have been completed by another after Aeschylus' death in 456 B.C. [2] It is possible that Prometheus Bound is the second play written by Aeschylus in a connected trilogy, followed by Prometheus lyomenos (Prometheus Unbound), of which only a few fragments have survived. [2]
Vulcan Chaining Prometheus is a 1744 oil on canvas painting by Jean-Charles Frontier, produced as his reception piece for the Académie Royale de peinture. [1] It shows Jupiter (top right with his eagle) ordering the eternal punishment of Prometheus (bottom left), which Vulcan (bottom right) begins.
The Myth of Prometheus (1515) Oil on panel, Alte Pinakothek, is held at Munich. The Munich version depicts a central statue among other activities in the painting. A second version of The Myth of Prometheus (1515) Oil on panel, Musée des Beaux-Arts, is held in Strasbourg. The Strasbourg version depicts a statue addressed by Prometheus on the ...
He mainly painted symposion scenes and images from Greek mythology. The latter are dominated by depictions of Herakles, the amazons, Atlas and Prometheus. The latter two figures occur together on a single vase. [1] Apart from figural painting, he also ascribed vases bearing merely ornamental decoration. His drawing style is precise and lively.