Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry) 1816 Marble, 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Trained by his grandfather, an Italian stonemason, Canova began modeling clay and carving marble sculptures before age ten. In…
(fl.9th or 8th century BC) Ὅμηρος Works: • Ιλιάδα (Greek) ◊ L’Iliade (French) ◊ The Iliad (English) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Α (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Β (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Γ (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Δ (Greek) ◊ L’Odyssée (French) ◊ The Odyssey (English) Homer…
(384 BC–322 BC) Αριστοτέλης Works: • Αθηναίων Πολιτεία (Greek) ◊ The Athenian Constitution (English) • Ηθικά Νικομάχεια, Τόμος Πρώτος (Greek) • Ηθικά Νικομάχεια, Τόμος Δεύτερος (Greek) ◊ The Ethics of Aristotle (English) • Μικρά Φυσικά, Τόμος Πρώτος (Greek) • Μικρά Φυσικά, Τόμος Δεύτερος (Greek) • Περί Ψυχής (Greek)…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Léal Souvenir) 1432 Oil on oak, 33.3 x 18.9 cm National Gallery, London This small portrait is puzzling in many ways. We don‘t know who this man was or why he is holding…
(1541–1614) Doménikos Theotokópoulos Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος The artist’s works: Adoración del Nombre de Jesús late 1570s National Gallery, London Cristo expulsando a los mercaderes del templo c.1570–1575 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Pietà Early 1570s Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia La Anunciación c.1576 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Magdalena…
(7th–6th century BC) Σαπφώ Works: ◊ Poems (English) ◊ Poésies (French) ◊ Sappho: A New Rendering (English) Quotes: • Sappho: Quotations Sappho in Art: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Sappho and Alcaeus 1881 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Sapho, Phaon et l’Amour 1809…
Cities: • Argos • Athens • Chalcis • Chiliomodi • Corinth • Eleusis • Heraklion, Crete • Missolonghi • Pella • Piraeus • Stagira • Volos Islands: • Andros • Chios • Crete • Euboea • Patmos • Salamis Regions: • Arcadia • Macedonia • Sparta
(flourished fourth century BC) Apelles in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Allegoria della Calunnia c.1496–1497 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris Flourished 4th century BC Occupation Painter
(c.525 BC-c.456 BC) Αἰσχύλος Works: • Αγαμέμνων (Greek) ◊ Agamemnon (English) ◊ Agamemnon (Finnish) • Επτά επί Θήβας (Greek) • Ευμενίδες (Greek) ◊ Four Plays (English) ◊ Lyrical Dramas (English) • Πέρσαι (Greek) • Προμηθεύς Δεσμώτης (Greek) ◊ Prometheus Bound…
(c.480 BC–406 BC) Εὐριπίδης Works: • Άλκηστις (Greek) ◊ Alcestis (English) • Ανδρομάχη (Greek) • Ηλέκτρα (Greek) ◊ Electra (English) ◊ Elektra (Swedish) ◊ Helena (Swedish) ◊ Hippolytus; The Bacchae (English) • Ιφιγένεια εν Αυλίδι (Greek) ◊ Iphigeneia i Aulis…