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- Ariadne III
Original artwork description
The painting evokes and interprets the story in Greek mythology of Ariadne, the daughter of Pasiphae and king Minos of Crete. She falls in love with the Athenian hero Theseus, but according to one version of the story, she is abandoned by her lover on the island of Naxos. However, just as she laments her betrayal, she is rescued by, and marries, the god Dionysus. The leopard, in the form of a Benin statuette, is associated with this deity, a sign that lamentation will be transformed into festivity. The violin playing Ariadne suggests the ambivalent nature of music: its ability to express both ecstacy and melancholy in the same moment. The bird motif in the background ornamentation echoes that psychological/erotic process.
Category Painting > Acrylic painti
Materials used:
Acrylic, Ink
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 65.79 x 48.54 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 65.79 x 48.54cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Unspecified
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#music#interiors#mythology#marinescape
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Original artwork description
The painting evokes and interprets the story in Greek mythology of Ariadne, the daughter of Pasiphae and king Minos of Crete. She falls in love with the Athenian hero Theseus, but according to one version of the story, she is abandoned by her lover on the island of Naxos. However, just as she laments her betrayal, she is rescued by, and marries, the god Dionysus. The leopard, in the form of a Benin statuette, is associated with this deity, a sign that lamentation will be transformed into festivity. The violin playing Ariadne suggests the ambivalent nature of music: its ability to express both ecstacy and melancholy in the same moment. The bird motif in the background ornamentation echoes that psychological/erotic process.
Category Painting > Acrylic painti
Materials used:
Acrylic, Ink
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 65.79 x 48.54 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 65.79 x 48.54cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Unspecified
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#music#interiors#mythology#marinescape
Paul Rossi
United Kingdom
About
I work in oils, goauche, charcoal, pencil, pen and ink, and less frequently, in acrylic and watercolour. My work takes a figurative approach to space and tends to revolve around... Read more