What a fine conglomeration of hooves! Etchings by J. Audran (Source: Wellcome Collection)
Tag: faun
10 Satyr Finds You Can Own
I love some of the fauns and satyrs that pop up on the web, so every so often I will post my latest finds. Play Music While Being Carried by a Satyr Description from the eBay seller: Up for sale is a very unique Italian Grotto music stool with a carved shell seat from the…
Notable Fauns at the Capitoline
I was at the Capitoline Museum in Rome last November. The Capitoline has been on my bucket list for a while now. Despite being in Rome four times in recent years, I never stopped in. This last visit, I devoted a full day to my journey through antiquity. I’ve posted many of my vacation photos…
The Faun and the Woodcutter’s Daughter Barbara Leonie Picard
This is one of the most beautiful and lyrical books of original fairy tales I’ve ever read. A companion volume to the exceptional The Lady and the Linden Tree (1962), [The Faun and the Woodcutter’s Daughter] illustrates once again [Barbara Leonie Picard’s] knack of wrapping new story fabric around traditional material. The fourteen fairy tales…
Exploring the Myth of Jupiter and Antiope (Part II)
Jupiter’s seduction of Antiope is a frequent theme in western painting and has been treated by Titian, Van Dyck, Watteau, and David among others. They are based on the story of the seduction of Antiope by the god Zeus in Greek mythology, later imported into Roman mythology and told of the god Jupiter. According to this…
Naiads From Disney’s Pastoral Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as The Pastoral Symphony, is the fifth segment of Fantasia. It utilized delicate color styling to depict a mythical ancient Greek world of centaurs, families of Pegasus, the Gods of Mount Olympus, fauns, cupids, and other legendary creatures and characters of classical mythology. It tells the story of the mythological…
Pagan Festivities in an Italian Garden
North Italian School, 17th century Private ownership, South Germany. The work shows Venus and Cupid with an attendant and a Satyr in a lush Italian garden. The architecture of the villa in the background of the piece is clearly inspired by the work of Andrea Palladio. The unidentified Italian creator of this painting was probably…
Frisky Satyr 