![]() What better subject to decorate the home?īut there is more complexity to the 18th-century admiration of these stories. The pairing of these two myths was popular during the 18th century because it allowed for the artful depictions of beautiful women. Polyphemus, meanwhile, lurks up on the cliff. The most popular moment shown in art is after this, when she is in triumph over the tragedy, riding the waves on a dolphin with all of her male and female sea attendants. Galatea was so distraught, she turned Acis into a river so that she would always have him in some form. But because Galatea stood firm in her love for Acis, Polyphemus kllled Acis by throwing a boulder at him. A Cyclops named Polyphemus, however, loved Galatea, and he would sing for hours to try to woo her. Galatea was a Nereid, a type of sea divinity who personified the waves, and lived in Sicily. Myron Laskin M1970.68.2 Photo credit Larry Sanders. ![]() You can find them in Gallery #6.Ĭorrado Giaquinto (Italian, 1703–1766), The Triumph of Galatea, ca. They are pendant paintings, which means that they were designed to hang together. One is The Rape of Europa, the other is The Triumph of Galatea. We can investigate the more complicated role of myth in art history with a pair of paintings by Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, 1703–1766) in the Museum’s Collection. Although it might seem strange to have many different ideas conveyed by one word, it just shows how concepts in Ancient Greece can be very complicated. Mythos means word, speech, tale, or story. The most basic definition of myth, however, comes from the meaning of the Greek word that serves as its root: mythos. There is a lot of scholarship on the definition and meaning of myth in disciplines such as anthropology. (Don’t worry, we’ll still learn how to identify a myth or two.) But we’ll also see that classical mythology can be both straightforward and convoluted at the same time.įirst, let’s start with a basic question: what is “myth”? ![]() This month, I am going to explore another aspect of mythology in art. In my August post for the Museum’s blog, Mythology at the Milwaukee Art Museum-Part 1, I focused on some great examples of Classical mythological figures in the Museum’s Collection-hopefully with the result that you will be able to identify those characters the next time you see them. Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, 1703–1766), The Triumph of Galatea, ca.
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