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XI-1 Michelangelo, Bacchus
XI-1 Michelangelo, Bacchus
AD 1496-1497
Detail of head. Note wide eyes, unfocused gaze, parted mouth.
XI-2 Michelangelo, Study of Hercules
XI-2 Michelangelo, Study of Hercules
ca. AD 1530
Left to Right: Killing of the Nemean Lion, Hercules ad Antaeus, Hercules with the Lernean Hydra
XI-3 Michelangelo, Leda and the Swan
XI-3 Michelangelo, Leda and the Swan
Painting modeled after Michelangleo, "Leda and the Swan," (copy of his lost painting).
Michelangelo painted Leda and the Swan in 1530 for the Duke of Ferrara. The painting ended up in the collection of the King of France, and subsequently disappeared.
This painted copy is in the National Gallery in London.
It measures 105.4 by 141 cm.
XI-3a Roman relief of Leda and the Swan
XI-3a Roman relief of Leda and the Swan
ca. AD 50-100
Currently in the British Museum
XI-4 Sketches by Leonardo da Vinci original, Leda with the Swan, ca. AD 1504
XI-4 Sketches by Leonardo da Vinci original, Leda with the Swan, ca. AD 1504
One of Leonardo's drawings of Leda with the swan. The twins are emerging from broken egg shells on the left
Another drawing by Leonardo of Leda and the swan with their children.
XI-5 Copy of Leonardo da Vinci original, Leda
XI-5 Copy of Leonardo da Vinci original, Leda
Copy by Cesare da Sesto, AD 1515-1520
XI-6 Raphael, Three Graces
XI-6 Raphael, Three Graces
Because these women all hold gold balls, the title is sometimes questioned.
XI-7 Raphael, Parnassus
XI-7 Raphael, Parnassus
Raphael's painting of Mount Parnassus in the study of Pope Julius II (Stanza della Segnatura) in the Vatican. In the center Apollo sits under a laurel tree. On either side are the seven muses. Then there are groups of poets spilling down the hillside. The one woman poet, Sappho, leans against the window frame.
Detail of central figures of Apollo and muses
Stanza della Segnatura, decorated by Raphael for Pope Julius II. Parnassus on left.
XI-8 Raphael, Triumph of Galatea
XI-8 Raphael, Triumph of Galatea
Raphael. The nymph Galatea. c. AD 1512-24. Villa Farnesina, Rome
fresco, 2.95 by 2.25 m. or nine feet eight inches by seven feet five inches.
Painted for the banker Agostino Chigi.
Galatea stands in a shell drawn by a pair of dolphins (and also propelled by a side wheel). In front and back are paired mermen (part human, part horse, part fish) and female figures (sea nymphs?). Two more male figures blow horns at either side of the picture. In the foreground, a cupid rides forward in a shell while looking backwards, as does Galatea. In the sky, three cupids aim their arrows at her. A fifth cupid, holding more arrows, watches from a cloud.
Poliziano had described Galatea laughing at Polyphemus' attempts to please her, but that does not seem to be what is happening here.
Polyphemus (left) and Galatea (right).
Venus shows Psyche to Cupid.
XI-9 Raphael and Giulio Romano, Loggia of Psyche
XI-9 Raphael and Giulio Romano, Loggia of Psyche
Mercury and Psyche.
Persons and Events:
Persons and Events:
Bacchus
Satyr
Hercules
Leda
Zeus
Loves of Zeus
Apollo
Muses
Graces
Galatea
Polyphemos (Cyclops)
Cupid
Psyche
Love
Rape
“Triumph”
Objects and Places:
Objects and Places:
Painting on house walls
Sculpture for private ownership
Decoration of a study
Private space
Works for sale, no fixed place
Texts and Authors:
Texts and Authors:
Ovid
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