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The Abduction of Proserpine (detail) by Alessandro Allori, 1570.
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Satan as the Fallen Angel
Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) in red, white, and black chalk, this creation of phenomenal artistic mastery is a part of a larger group of art pieces. The full collection consists of six different paintings depicting scenes and characters from Milton's Paradise Lost. One is currently at the Royal Academy of Arts, one at Louvre, one in Private Collection, and two are lost.
Satan in this depiction stands in his full humanised glory - imagery typical of the late 18th century Romanticism when the fallen angel lost his beastly, animalistic appearance in art. His features here remind one more of David or Apollo Belvedere in his majestic, heavenly beauty caught right before the fall.
PARMIGIANINO Diana and Actaeon (Details) 1523-24 Fresco Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato
Phoebus ☀️🌿🏹
Here’s Apollo of this year! I’m working on and off for this painting since Jan and decided to just let it go now, below cut are just my little process/commentaries
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hot take but don’t “blessed be”, “my gods are blessing you”, “i will pray for you to my gods” ANYONE unless they explicitly ask for it or have said it is okay.
if some christian came up to you and said “god bless you. i’ll pray for you” there’s a 98% chance you’d feel uncomfortable so why is it okay for you to do the same thing to someone else just because you don’t worship the christian god?
Linked in arms, dance with me. Wine was spilt, not for three. More for two, two linked in hand. Hand-in-hand, watch them go. Laughter like grapes, complex like vines. They dance to their own design. Around the fire, through the woods. Calm mundane moments, love not misunderstood. Hand-in-hand, linked in embrace.
{ for Dionysus and Ariadne }
Prayer to Hephaestus against wildfires
Lord Hephaestos of the Smoldering Kilns—
tamer of the flame and shaper of smoke,
lover of the ashes and crafter of unmatched skill.
i plead with thee to tame this wild beast.
quell the roaring spirits whom consume all they touch,
their greed unquenchable, destructive, and smoldering.
thus I call to you, my savior, undying Hephaestos—
Klytomêtis, Klytos, Aithalóeis Theós—
bend back this unruly beast and strike down your mighty hammer.
show mercy to us, God of the Scorching Heat,
that we may sing your praises to the unburned skies.
for i will remember you with this prayer, and again with another.
Klytomêtis (Κλυτομητις) - Famed for Skill, Crafts
Klytos (Κλυτος) - Renowed, Famed, Glorious
Aithalóeis Theós (Αιθαλοεις Θεος) - Sooty God
Dionysus is in the erratic dancing in your room
Apollo is in the strum of your instrument
Artemis is in the swift glance of the deer
Hestia is in the warm hugs of family
Athena is in the peering eyes of the owl
Zeus is in the admiration of the pattering rain
Hera is in the stern guidance of a mother
Hephaestus is in craftsmanship of your tool
Aphrodite is in the overwhelming feeling of affection
Ares is in the instinct to protect those in need
Poseidon is in the enthralling crash of the watery waves
Hermes is in the ever-moving soul of a traveler
Demeter is in the wind sifting through the wheat
{ Original Poem for the Theoi }
Caryatid
The upper part of one of the caryatids that flanked the Lesser Propylaea of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis. The caryatid was made in Attica in about 50 B.C. Eleusis Museum, Greece
In the vast smoothness of my brain, I just realized that I forgot to cross-post this commission of Persephone.
The face that launched a thousand ships - Helen of Troy
Inspired by Lunamyosotis on tiktok