XVI. The 20th century
XVI-1 Pierre August Renoir, Venus Victrix
AD 1914.
Multiple copies. This one from the Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.
XVI-2 Aristide Maillol, Venus with a Necklace
1928
Multiple copies. This one is at the Tate.
XVI-3 Aristide Maillol, The Three Nymphs
1930-1938
Multiple copies. This one at the Tate.
Compare with ancient versions.
Three Graces, 1st century AD, The Louvre.
Three Graces, 1st century AD, Pompeii.
Three Graces, 1st century AD relief, The Louvre.
XVI-4 Henri Matisse, Commissioned illustrations for James Joyce's Ulysses, 1933
1. Polyphemus
2. Aeolos
3. Circe
4. Kalypso
5. Nausicaa
6. Ithaca
XVI-5 Pablo Picasso, Blind Minotaur Led by a Little Girl
1934
XVI-6 Pablo Picasso, Minotaur and Girl with Candle
1935
More commonly called Minotauromachy
XVI-7 Pablo Picasso, Satyr Unveiling Sleeping Woman
1936
XVI-8 Pablo Picasso, Triumph of Pan
1944
Compare with Nicolas Poussin's Triumph of Pan, AD 1636
XVI-9 Pablo Picasso, The Dance of the Fauns
1957
The dancing figures of the fauns are clearly influenced by earlier works, such as by Poussin.
XVI-10 Pablo Picasso, Faun
1948
XVI-11 Pablo Picasso, Fauns and She-Centaur
1947
XVI-12 Pablo Picasso, Joie de Vivre
1946
XVI-13 Pablo Picasso, Peace
1952
XVI-14 Paul Manship, Prometheus
1934
Inscription:
"Prometheus, teacher in every art, brought the fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends."
XVI-15 Paul Manship, Flight of Europa
1925
Version presented here is from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
XVI-16 Jacques Lipchitz, Centaur Enmeshed
1952
XVI-18 Jacques Lipchitz, Theseus and the Minotaur
1942
XVI-19 Jacques Lipchitz, Bellerophon Taming Pegasus
1977
Persons and Events:
Bellerophon
Centaur
Faun (Satyr)
Minotaur
Odysseus (Ulysses)
Pan
Pegasus
Polyphemus
Monster killing
Rape?
Triumph
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