The Head of Goliath is a disturbing self-portrait of Caravaggio.Sick Bacchus by Caravaggio (Room VIII)Sick Bacchus is another famous painting by Caravaggio found in Scipione Borghese’s former estate. It feature
Not a self-portrait,Sick Bacchuscould be a portrait of Caravaggio’s inner-self. Widely known to be the Roman god of agriculture, wine, and fertility, this immediately makes Bacchus one of the world’s most beloved gods! The oil on canvas shows a very sick and depleted ...
•theGodofwine,vegetation植物,pleasureandfestivity庆典.•DionysusrescuedAriadneaftershehadbeenabandonedbyTheseus.•DionysusalsosavedhismotherfromtheUnderworld,afterZeusshowedherhistruenatureasstormgodandconsumedherinlightning.•grantedMidasthepowertoturnwhateverhetouchedintogold,thenwaskindenoughtotakethepower...
Wall painting (mid-1st century AD) from which the House of Venus and Mars at Pompeii takes its nameScenes of Venus and Mars in Roman art often ignore the adulterous implications of their union, and take pleasure in the good-looking couple attended by Cupid or multiple Loves (amores)...
On the day of the festival these priests met at the Lupercal, offered sacrifice of goats, and took a meal, with plenty of wine. They then cut up the skins of the goats which they had sacrificed. With some of these they covered parts of their bodies, and with others, they made thongs...
In Greek mythology Ariadne was the immortal wife of the wine-god Dionysus. There were several versions of her story. In one, Ariadne, a daughter of King Minos of Crete, assisted Theseus in his quest to slay the Minotaur and then fled with the hero aboard
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“If milk gets bad, it becomes yogurt. Yogurt is more valuable than milk. If it gets even worse, it turns to cheese. Cheese is more valuable than both yoghurt and milk. And if grape juice turns sour, it transforms into wine, which is even more expensive than grape juice. You are not...
: "Now the gods at the side of Zeus were sitting in council over the golden floor, and among them the goddess Hebe (Youth) poured them nectar as wine, while they in the golden drinking-cups drank to each other, gazing down on the city of the Trojans."...
"[From a description of an ancient Greek painting at Neapolis (Naples) :] The stream of wine which is on the island of Andros, and the Andrians who have become drunken from the river, are the subject of this painting. For by act of Dionysos the earth of the Andrians is so charged ...