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Iconic Beauty #13
Benoit Lapray
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$664
Remains and fragments
Jan Szczepkowski
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,877
Hermès - You've Got a Mail
Piet Rodriguez
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$2,766
Mythological composition
Spas Kirichev
Sculpture - 29 x 32 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 12.6 x 5.1 inch
$2,822
Un Temple pour Dionysos
Nawel Grant
Fine Art Drawings - 30.2 x 22.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.9 x 9 inch
$166
Etude pour Asphodèles n°3
Gaël Darras
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$398
Ulysse revient parmi les siens
Alain Vintenon
Painting - 88 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 34.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$6,418
Vase en céramique gravé et peint à la main
Onie Jackson
Design - 48 x 32 x 10 cm Design - 18.9 x 12.6 x 3.9 inch
$2,434
Hommage au Bain turc d'Ingres
Ehsan Bayat
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,426
Living Caryatids
Marco Rossati
Painting - 120 x 110 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$4,979
Vareadores de Flores
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 162 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,541
Dryade I
Vincent Champion-Ercoli
Sculpture - 22 x 11 x 4.5 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.3 x 1.8 inch
$1,881
Circé 2.0
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,532
Masque de poséidon monumental
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 241 x 75 x 45 cm Sculpture - 94.9 x 29.5 x 17.7 inch
$99,583
Les soupirs de Glaucus
Marie-Noëlle Deverre
Print - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$775
Stockholm Syndrome
Jacques Tange
Painting - 120 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$6,860
Brûler dans tes yeux
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$941
Le conte du Papillon (Memento mori 2)
Céline Achour
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,711
Celestial Map of the Heavens
Marco Araldi
Painting - 51 x 66 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 26 x 1.6 inch
$2,721
Caballeros de Oro
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
Sur les échasses
Armen Gasparian
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$6,528
Etude pour Asphodèles n°1
Gaël Darras
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$398
Offrande du Pharaon suivi du Dieu Thot
Catherine Clare
Painting - 114 x 96 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 37.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,541
L'ange gardien, Hector et Andromaque
Catherine Clare
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,833
Mystique's Cosmos Prisoner
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 55 x 55.84 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$609
Icarus - the dream of freedom
Stefanoiu Vasile
Sculpture - 101 x 74 x 37 cm Sculpture - 39.8 x 29.1 x 14.6 inch
$8,852
Jupiter & Io
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,328
La chute d'Icare 2
Alain Vintenon
Painting - 65 x 63 x 4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 24.8 x 1.6 inch
$5,348
Sorceress
Gediminas Endriekus
Sculpture - 46 x 16 x 32 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 6.3 x 12.6 inch
$15,491
J'ai vu le temps glisser (Les Moires)
Maï Fougeront
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$830
Maha-Kali
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,766
Le sanglier
Jérôme Bouscarat
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$478
Titania et Bottom Songe d'une nuit d'été
Aimé Venel
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$8,299
L'arrivée des rois mages
Jean-Jacques François
Painting - 106 x 130 x 3.5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 51.2 x 1.4 inch
$5,422
Antigone et Creon (GBR-N°16)
CY Pavel
Painting - 133.5 x 100.5 x 3.5 cm Painting - 52.6 x 39.6 x 1.4 inch
$9,958
Inspired by Mythology
Mythology, derived from the Greek muthos meaning "story", is the art of telling tales from a distant past. Telling of romance, tragedy, gods and heroes, myths depict an elaborate fantasy world that exists beyond our reality. In times past, these have ranged from stories of cyclops, one-eyed giants blinded by Odysseus and half-man and half-bull minotaurs born from a queen's seething passion. These ancient stories are fictitious in narrative, yet, revealing of the most basic human experiences.
Mythologies of ancient civilizations are continually returned to and referenced in our contemporary culture. Myths are known to us through countless post-classical sources such as Renaissance plays, Freudian psychoanalysis, Hollywood epics, Disney cartoons, advertisements, songs, and of course through art. Mythology is so prevalent in art because it resonates across time, embodying new forms while keeping a recognizable thread.
Greek myths have captivated the imaginations of artists since ancient sculptors created gods and goddesses out of marble. The trials of ancient Greek heroes and monsters have served as inspiration for Renaissance masters, Surrealists, and conceptual artists alike in an ode to Classicalism. Below, we have curated a selection of artworks detailing an inspiration derived from the mythology that has been so deeply woven into art history. Discover on Artsper some of the mythologically inspired artworks from a selection of contemporary artists! Examples range from historical pieces featuring gods and goddesses to contemporary works in which the artist engages with broad religious ideas or creates personal mythologies.