Lord Frederic Leighton (British, 1830-1896)
Helios and Rhodes, n.d.
Helios fell in love with the sea nymph, Rhode, daughter of Poseidon, and they lived together on Rhodes as protector god and goddess, with Helios naming the island in her honour. They had seven sons, known collectively as the Heliadae, and a daughter, Electryone.
Mycenaean Greeks and Minoans generally depicted women with pale or white skin and men with tanned skin. Male warriors like Odysseus were usually described as having sun-browned or bronzed skin.
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Bas van den Hout - Heatwaves, 2024
182 x 94 x 17 cm
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▪︎ Portrait of Fritza Riedler.
Artist: Gustav Klimt
Date: 1906
Medium: Oil and gold leaf on canvas
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The Witches Sabbath (1880) by Luis Ricardo Falero
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Philippe Mercier (1689-1760)
"Girl with a Tray" (late 1740s)
Oil on canvas
Rococo
Located in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
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A Favorite Custom by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1909)
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Vlaho Bukovac (Croatian, 1855-1922)
Andromeda, n.d.
National Gallery of Slovenia
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