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Bacchus, also known as Dionysus was the Greek god of wine, inebriation, fertility and theater. [2] He is known to be joyous and kind to those who admire him, yet cruel and mischievous to those who cross him. [3] Scenes from Greek mythology were often found in the private spaces of aristocrats. Classical images were used to depict the patron’s ...
Maenads were known as Bassarids, Bacchae / ˈ b æ k iː /, or Bacchantes / ˈ b æ k ə n t s, b ə ˈ k æ n t s,-ˈ k ɑː n t s / in Roman mythology after the penchant of the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus, to wear a bassaris or fox skin. Often the maenads were portrayed as inspired by Dionysus into a state of ecstatic frenzy through a ...
A common theme in art beginning in the sixteenth century was the depiction of Bacchus and Ceres caring for a representation of love – often Venus, Cupid, or Amore. This tradition derived from a quotation by the Roman comedian Terence (c. 195/185 – c. 159 BC) which became a popular proverb in the Early Modern period : Sine Cerere et Baccho ...
The art of the Middle Ages was mainly religious, reflecting the relationship between God and man, created in His image. The animal often appears confronted or dominated by man, but a second current of thought stemming from Saint Paul and Aristotle, which developed from the 12th century onwards, includes animals and humans in the same community of living creatures.
Grave of Albrecht Adam and his sons in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich. According to the inscription on the monument of Julius Adam's grandfather, Albrecht Adam (1786 – 1862), in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich (Gräberfeld 27 - Reihe 1 - Platz 25/26), Julius's grave is next to it, but the cemetery registers have no record of the burial.
The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false The author died in 1665, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .
In the left hand of Bacchus, is a skin surrounded by grape leaves. The skin that is being held is of a Tiger though there are thoughts that it could possibly be the skin of a Leopardus. The tiger is supposedly an animal associated with Bacchus "for its love of the grape" (according to Michelangelo's biographer Ascanio Condivi). The feline skin ...
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, The Sacred and Profane in Symbolist Art, 1969, no.122; London, Geffrye Museum and Birmingham City Art Gallery, Solomon: A Family of Painters, 1985-6, no.56; Birmingham City Art Gallery, Munich, Villa Stuck and London, Ben Uri Museum, Love Revealed – Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites, 2005, no.92; Inscriptions