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Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and Medusa , one of Renaissance Italy’s most complex sculptures, is the subject of this study, which proposes that the statue’s androgynous appearance is paradoxical. Symbolizing the male ruler overcoming a female adversary, the Perseus legitimizes patriarchal power; but the physical similarity between Cellini’s characters suggests the hero rose through female agency. Dr. Corretti argues that although not a surrogate for powerful Medici women, Cellini’s Medusa may have reminded viewers that Cosimo I de’ Medici’s power stemmed in part from maternal influence. Drawing upon a vast body of art and literature, Dr. Corretti concludes that Cellini and his contemporaries knew the Gorgon as a version of the Earth Mother, whose image is found in art for Medici women.
Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art. --- Art --- Political aspects --- Cellini, Benvenuto, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Florence (Italy) --- Politics and government
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Art and mythology. --- Attis (God) --- Attis --- Atys (God) --- Gods --- Mythology and art --- Mythology in art --- Mythology --- Atis --- Atys --- Attēs --- Attisz --- Attys --- Córibas
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Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and Medusa , one of Renaissance Italy’s most complex sculptures, is the subject of this study, which proposes that the statue’s androgynous appearance is paradoxical. Symbolizing the male ruler overcoming a female adversary, the Perseus legitimizes patriarchal power; but the physical similarity between Cellini’s characters suggests the hero rose through female agency. Dr. Corretti argues that although not a surrogate for powerful Medici women, Cellini’s Medusa may have reminded viewers that Cosimo I de’ Medici’s power stemmed in part from maternal influence. Drawing upon a vast body of art and literature, Dr. Corretti concludes that Cellini and his contemporaries knew the Gorgon as a version of the Earth Mother, whose image is found in art for Medici women.
Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art. --- Art --- Gorgons in art --- Art, Occidental --- Art, Visual --- Art, Western (Western countries) --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Visual --- Fine arts --- Iconography --- Occidental art --- Visual arts --- Western art (Western countries) --- Arts --- Aesthetics --- Political aspects --- Cellini, Benvenuto, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Florence (Italy) --- Politics and government --- Cellini, Benvenuto
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Darstellungen des Dionysos und seines Kreises zieren zu Tausenden die bemalte Feinkeramik aus dem klassischen Athen. Die Studie unternimmt eine umfassende Deutung dieser außerordentlich wandelbaren Bildwelt und geht insbesondere der Frage nach, welche Funktion sie für ihre Betrachter im Kontext des Trinkgelages erfüllte, für das ein Großteil der Gefäße gefertigt war. Nach Klärung der quellenkritischen Voraussetzungen werden abschnittsweise zentrale Problemfelder behandelt: die Konstruktion von Körperbildern und Geschlechterrollen ; das Verhältnis der Bilder zum Bühnenwesen ; die soziale Funktion von Mythenbildern ; das komische Potential der Satyrfigur ; das Spannungsverhältnis von Bild, Bildträger und dionysischem Ritual. Gemessen an der literarischen Überlieferung betonen die Darstellungen die freudvolle Dimension des Gottes
Dionysus (Greek deity) --- Satyrs (Greek mythology) in art --- Idols and images --- Idols and images in art. --- Drinking vessels --- Dionysos (Divinité grecque) --- Satyres (Mythologie grecque) dans l'art --- Idoles et images --- Idoles et images dans l'art --- Récipients à boire --- Cult --- Worship. --- Culte --- Satyres (mythologie grecque) --- Dionysos (divinité grecque) --- Dans l'art --- Dionysus --- Cult.
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"To what extent did mythological figures such as Circe and Medea influence the representation of the powerful 'oriental' enchantress in modern Western art? What role did the ancient gods and heroes play in the construction of the imaginary worlds of the modern fantasy genre? What is the role of undead creatures like zombies and vampires in mythological films? Looking across the millennia, from the distrust of ancient magic and oriental cults, which threatened the new-born Christian religion, to the revival and adaptation of ancient myths and religion in the arts centuries later, this book offers an original analysis of the reception of ancient magic and the supernatural, across a wide variety of different media--from comics to film, from painting to opera. Working in a variety of fields across the globe, the authors of these essays deconstruct certain scholarly traditions by proposing original interdisciplinary approaches and collaborations, showing to what extent the visual and performing arts of different periods interlink and shape cultural and social identities."-- To what extent did mythological figures such as Circe and Medea influence the representation of the powerful 'oriental' enchantress in modern Western art? What role did the ancient gods and heroes play in the construction of the imaginary worlds of the modern fantasy genre? What is the role of undead creatures like zombies and vampires in mythological films? Looking across the millennia, from the distrust of ancient magic and oriental cults, which threatened the new-born Christian religion, to the revival and adaptation of ancient myths and religion in the arts centuries later, this book offers an original analysis of the reception of ancient magic and the supernatural, across a wide variety of different media - from comics to film, from painting to opera. Working in a variety of fields across the globe, the authors of these essays deconstruct certain scholarly traditions by proposing original interdisciplinary approaches and collaborations, showing to what extent the visual and performing arts of different periods interlink and shape cultural and social identities
Magic in art. --- Supernatural in art. --- Art and mythology. --- Art --- Art, Modern --- Performing arts --- Art and society --- Art and religion --- Group identity --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Arts in the church --- Religion and art --- Religion --- Art and sociology --- Society and art --- Sociology and art --- Show business --- Arts --- Performance art --- Modern art --- Nieuwe Ploeg (Group of artists) --- Mythology and art --- Mythology in art --- Mythology --- Themes, motives. --- History. --- Religious aspects --- Social aspects --- Subjects
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