Tag: Greek

Phryné devant l’aréopage (1861)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Phryné devant l’aréopage (Phryné before the Areopagus) 1861 Oil on canvas, 80 x 128 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout 1860–1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and…

Diogenes

(c.404 BC-c.323 BC) Diogenes the Cynic Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός Diogenes in Art: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Diogène 1860 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore   Born c.404 BC Sinope (Turkey) Died c.323 BC Corinth (Greece) Occupation Philosopher

Anacreon

(c.582 BC-c.488 BC) Ἀνακρέων Works: • Anakreons sånger (Swedish) • Lauluja Anakreonilta (Finnish) • Odes d’Anacréon (French) Anacreon in Art: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago   Born c.582 BC Teos…

Ritorno di Ulisse (c.1509)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Ritorno di Ulisse (Return of Ulysses/Penelope with the Suitors) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.5 x 152 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco, was part of a series of eight which decorated the walls of…

Les Tragiques grecs (1866)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Les Tragiques grecs (The Greek Tragedians) 1866 Oil on canvas, 37 × 44 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers This painting is a study for The Apotheosis of Homer. Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée…

Phidias

(c.480 BC-430 BC) Φειδίας Phidias in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Étude pour Phidias dans L’Apothéose d’Homère 1827 San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego     Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris   Born c.480 BC…

Pindar

(c.518 BC-c.438 BC) Πίνδαρος Works: • The Extant Odes of Pindar (English) Pindar in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris   Born c.518 BC Cynoscephalae (Greece) Died c.438 BC Argos (Greece) Occupation Poet Writer

L’apothéose d’Homère (1827)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Homère déifié, dit aussi L’apothéose d’Homère (Homer deified, also known as The Apotheosis of Homer) 1827 Oil on canvas, 386 x 512 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In front of a temple with a pediment inscribed…