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Deity of Day and Night of the Ways
Parimah Avani
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 25 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$962
Le génie incompris apparaît à nos yeux
Mohamed Lekleti
Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 110 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$6,563
Saint Michel Terrassant le dragon
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 49.7 x 38 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 15 x 0.2 inch
$1,141
Faune Sauvage
Emmanuelle Van Laere NEL-14512
Sculpture - 25 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$3,848
Les ombres blanches
Anne Bachelier
Painting - 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,695
Le centaure, Chiron
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 146 x 48 x 80 cm Sculpture - 57.5 x 18.9 x 31.5 inch
$67,898
Sculpture. From the series Neon Classics
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 49.8 x 45 x 6.9 cm Sculpture - 19.6 x 17.7 x 2.7 inch
$1,200
Neptune Fountaine
Art Vladi
Sculpture - 300 x 110 x 120 cm Sculpture - 118.1 x 43.3 x 47.2 inch
$396,071
Il était une fois
Alain Vintenon
Painting - 53.5 x 53.5 x 4 cm Painting - 21.1 x 21.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,903
African Athena
Massimiliano Pelletti
Sculpture - 69 x 30 x 28 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 11.8 x 11 inch
$54,318
Untitled
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,224
In the Silence of the Drum
Simphiwe Ndzube
Print - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Print - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,947
Encre #4
Timothy Archer
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$962
Hybrid Hero Sculpture
Pichi & Avo
Sculpture - 36 x 27 x 27 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 10.6 x 10.6 inch
$2,094
Afrodite Bella tra le belle
Alessandro La Motta
Painting - 120 x 81 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,245
Baleine Bleue
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 36 x 26 x 23 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 10.2 x 9.1 inch
$4,413
La Chute d'Icare
Eve Saint Jean
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$3,650
Aigis
Alexandra Kapogianni-Beth
Sculpture - 27 x 27 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.6 x 3.9 inch
$4,176
Iconic Beauty #13
Benoit Lapray
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$679
Might of nature: The Herculean naturalistic bust 1/1
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 40 x 29 x 16 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.4 x 6.3 inch
$1,264
A girl who knows all emotions
Akila Hanada
Painting - 15 x 15 x 1.5 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inch
$1,929
Rome : Dark Corner
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$543
Skiers XII (December)
Ernesto Dick
Painting - 23 x 44 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.1 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,037
Mythological composition
Spas Kirichev
Sculpture - 29 x 32 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 12.6 x 5.1 inch
$2,886
Medusa Me
Elizabeth Sher
Photography - 57 x 57 x 0.4 cm Photography - 22.4 x 22.4 x 0.2 inch
$736 $662
Spectre Laiton
Guillaume Garrié
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$2,150
Arrives on Island of Sangaldip
Viraj Mithani
Painting - 157 x 121 x 2 cm Painting - 61.8 x 47.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,035
Homme et femme, jeux
Armen Gasparian
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,205
The Birth Of A Supernova
AEC Interesni Kazki
Print - 61 x 71 x 0.01 cm Print - 24 x 28 x 0 inch
$792
Sans titre
Yinka Adeyemi
Fine Art Drawings - 176 x 165 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 69.3 x 65 x 0.4 inch
$3,055
Artemis - Glazed Majolica Statute
Carlo Lorenzetti
Sculpture - 48.5 x 30 x 23 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 11.8 x 9.1 inch
$9,053
Si No Tuvieras Miedo
Marco Battaglini
Painting - 100 x 125 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 2 inch
$33,949
Vénus Médusa
Claire Courdavault
Fine Art Drawings - 33.5 x 25.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.2 x 10 inch
$453
Living Caryatids
Marco Rossati
Painting - 120 x 110 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$5,092
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
$4,527
Hercule au repos
Eugène Delacroix
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 25 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
The Lares and Di Penates
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,092
Mother Earth
Parimah Avani
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 45 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,132
Goddess of Tears and Water
Parimah Avani
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 45 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,018
Questioning the Dead Under Moonlight
Parimah Avani
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
$883
The Curtain Call
Kiritin Beyer
Photography - 102 x 102 x 0.1 cm Photography - 40.2 x 40.2 x 0 inch
$1,697
Soprano's Fate
Kiritin Beyer
Photography - 102 x 102 x 0.1 cm Photography - 40.2 x 40.2 x 0 inch
$1,697
Community Pool
Kiritin Beyer
Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,132
Searching for Flowers
Kiritin Beyer
Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,132
Mythology
There is no single mythology. There are, however, multiple, mysterious mythologies, which have been sources of fascination and terror across the centuries. Starting in Ancient Egypt and passing through Greece and Rome, we find ourselves in Scandinavia, the birthplace of Celtic myths. Art has always been linked to beliefs, and each of these belief systems and mythologies has their own aesthetic codes and cultural practices. The most popular version of mythology is undoubtedly the Greco-Roman variations, which have been retold and reconfigured time and time again throughout the ages. It has also served as a constant source of inspiration for artists, allowing them to reference common themes which facilitated the interpretation of their works. Nowadays, mythology can therefore be found in all possible artistic forms.
Apart from Antiquity, during which it was commonplace, Greco-Roman mythology first came to the fore during the 15th century. By definition, during the Renaissance it was well seen to imitate the classics by using their codes and allegories.One of the most famous example of this period is Botticelli's Venus and its virginal splendour. Venus, in fact, is one of the figures most appreciated by artists, inspiring among other things Ingres for his Grande Odalisque or Manet's Olympia. More recently, the Venus of Milo was revisited, notably by Hans Peter Feldmann and Jim Dine.
From the 16th to the 18th century, mythological paintings symbolized an ideal world for artists, nostalgic for the lost unity between man and nature. As an instrument of political propaganda, mythology was used for the glorification of monarchs and their court, syncretised in allegorical paintings. Finally, for aesthetes, mythological motifs catalysed a certain sensuality serving the ideal of pure beauty and mad passions sought by artists. Driven by the Gustave Moreau's symbolic reflections, mythology became a powerful philosophical vector at the end of the Belle Epoque.
During the 20th century, it was Klimt who was passionate about Greek aesthetics in his representation of the female figure. His representation of Danae and while Pallas Athena embodies the woman of power. Mirroring his own situation, he painted Sappho as a melancholic artist. Recently, great names such as Jeff Koons in his Gazing Balls or Banksy through his sculptures re-used the aesthetics of the Greek statue. The American artist Adam Reeder reclaims mythology from a perspective of social commentary, representing Greek gods and heroes interacting with Apple products. In photography, too, myth inspires. Kimiko Yoshida's "Paintings" series, for example, includes famous works such as Veronese's Venus, giving them a futuristic aspect. Finally, we see Louise Bourgeois' Maman invading cities around the world, a bittersweet re-reading of the myth of Arachne.
For our contemporaries, the codes of mythology are therefore more relevant than ever in the world of art. The legacy of the Ancients will not be forgotten any time soon, especially with the recent return of fantastic epic in literature and cinema.