ART AND MYTHOLOGY
We find Greek
and Roman mythology all along European art.
Proposal: Write
a dossier about one of the art works below, including the picture, title,
author and date of completion. Add a short biography of the author and an
explanation of the art work and the mythological story that it tells. You should also describe the attributes of the god
or goddess represented. You can use information from the web but it must be
personalized.
Check these sites for information:
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/gods/explore/exp_set.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/zgt7mp3
http://www.elhuevodechocolate.com/mitos/mitos.htm
http://cuentos-infantiles.idoneos.com/cuentos_mitologicos/
http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html
Works and authors:
Venus and Adonis, Titian.
Diana huntress, Fontainebleau.
Leda and the swam, Leonardo da Vinci.
Saturno devorando a sus hijos,
Goya.
Las hilanderas, Velázquez.
La forja de Vulcano, Velázquez.
Cupid and Psique, Antonio Cánova.
Proserpine, Rosetti.
El Rapto de Europa, Picasso.
The three Graces, Antonio Cánova.
Apollo and Daphne, Bernini.
Icarus´ flight, Jacob Peter Gowi.
Marte, Velázquez.
Metamorfosis de Narciso, Dalí.
The birth of Venus, Botticelli.
Perseus, Benvenuto Cellini.
Ulises and the Mermaids, James Draper.
Athena, Gustav Klimt.
Orfeo, mosaico del Museo
Provincial de Zaragoza.
Pallas and the Centaur, Botticelli.
