Mythical Women
Legends in Art and History
Friday, May 28, 2010
Goddess Diana
French Rococo painter Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766).
Marquise de Pompadour as Diana the Huntress
Friday, May 14, 2010
Pythia the Oracle
English painter John Collier (1850–1934)
Priestess of Delphi (1891)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Maybe Leda
English Classicist painter Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
Odalisque (1862).
Despite Leighton called it "Odalisque" in this times a woman with a swan would always be interpreted as Leda.
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