Academic literature on the topic 'Mythological subject matter in painting and literature'

The article analyzes 120 drawings by A. Bazylevych, the outstanding Ukrainian artist of the 20th century, created for the editions of “Aeneid” by I. Kotliarevskyi in 1969 and 1970. The subject matter is a look at the drawings in the status of a picturesque author’s myth. The skill of ‘visual intelligence’ of the artist is demonstrated in the picturesque original reading of the poem by Kotliarevskyi as a phenomenon of the Baroque with expressive literary methods of ‘image turning’ that contributed to this process and acquired the significance of historical and literary classics. The assumption as for the artist’s mastering of the Baroque concept of Chyzhevskyi that was popular in the 1960s as well as the single-stage development of the Italian-Ukrainian culture of laughter (according to M. Bakhtin) and appreciation of picture poesis (poetry as painting, according to L. B. Alberti) are suggested. This interaction lined up the picturesque myth of Bazylevych through the artistic transformation techniques of ‘image turning’, burlesque travesty of ‘booklore’. This produced the formation of the mythological image of Aeneas as a ‘black knight’ (in the edition of 1969) in the traditions of Western European literature. The view of life through mythological red colour founded by the legendary book cover reveals the content of the ‘red Aeneas’, being signified with red clothing items, shoes, and above all the red Cossack heraldry on the flag, combining Aeneas with Trojan-Cossacks, representing the ‘red world’. Aenei-myth is considered as a Cossack Sorcerer due to the suffix specificity of H. Cohen and physical plastic with folk content that unite the Trojans-Cossacks with the gods.

AbstractThe Grottenhof is a small garden surrounded by painted loggias in the Munich Residence, a palace that served as the seat of the Wittelsbach Dukes of Bavaria beginning in the sixteenth century. Completed between 1582 and 1589, the garden contains an elaborate grottoed fountain, sculpture, and paintings based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The pictorial program of the painted loggias combines images of mythological ardor with illusionistic interlopers from everyday court life who make punning references to the pursuit of love. The sources for the garden can be found in Italian and French prototypes, yet the program of decorations creates a variety of associations that were unique to the patron, Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria. The material and subject matter also reflect contemporary theories about art, nature, and the ordering of knowledge that informed the earliest cabinets of curiosities, where collections of art and natural objects were brought together in the so-called Kunstkammer. The garden was meant to engage all of the senses in a sanctuary that stimulated sensual thoughts while provoking broader contemplation about creativity and art.

In the age of the Fin de siècle, the mythological Pan was the subject of numerous interpretations in painting, literature, and the performing arts. The article examines for the first time how the image of Pan fits into the modern Bulgarian literature of the early 20th century - in the works of Emanuil Popdimitrov, Trifon Kunev, Hristo Yassenov and Lyudmil Stoyanov. As an expression of the ideas of the epoch (in the Jugendstil and Secession currents), both in Europe and in Bulgaria, Pan and pantheism apologize for nature, the vegetative principle, youth and childhood, love fire, music and intoxication. The original in the Bulgarian interpretation is the sentimental, sensitive autumn Pan, the parodied Pan / Faun and the old wise man, master of music, and devoid of passion Pan.

This article attempts to establish and examine the context of the two remaining mythological paintings in the Macellum, the central market of Pompeii. Panels of Io and Argos and of Penelope and Odysseus grace the interior walls, and while the identification of the Penelope figure has been the subject of debate, she clearly derives from Greek prototypes of Penelope, both material and theatrical. Indeed, scholars suggest that the Io panel and perhaps the Penelope painting as well are copies of Greek panel paintings created by a fourth-century B.C. artist, but it is argued here that their pairing seems to be a Roman creation and that they were part of a larger narrative program. The paintings are compositional opposites and share the narrative technique of depicting moments of quiet tension; this choice of narrative moment is one that began in the Greek world; particularly during the Hellenistic period, and was developed and enhanced by the Romans. Moreover, this interest in creating tension for the spectator, and in the relationship between viewer and image, is also demonstrated by the inclusion of a spectator figure in the Penelope painting. Although the other paintings do not survive, their subjects are known from a nineteenth-century drawing and from nineteenth-century descriptions, and these too share the same narrative technique. If the lost paintings are (also) copies of Greek originals, then the Macellum may have served as a picture gallery for Pompeii's inhabitants. A careful reading of the Macellum paintings (both extant and lost) of Greek myths, their juxtaposition and relationship to each other, and their reception in Roman literature and society reveals that the paintings were arranged as a program, a moralizing ensemble, designed to instruct the viewer on the proper behavior of Roman matrons.

Two samples were used, college students and art museum attendees. Both groups were asked to rank order nine different areas of subject matter in painting in terms of personal preference. No visual examples of the suggested subject matter were provided, although brief descriptions were given when it was deemed necessary. Based on rankings, all samples and the male and female sub-samples of the student sample showed highly significant within and between groups differences. The findings are argued to be contrary to those expected by those holding a position of “relativism” with respect to art. The possibility of a dual system of aesthetics with respect to art judged for personal acquisition and abstract evaluation is discussed.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan (1) alat dan bahan yang digunakan dalam kegiatan finger painting di TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja, (2) proses kegiatan finger painting di TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja, (3) subject matter hasil gambar anak yang dihasilkan dalam kegiatan finger painting di TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja. Sasaran penelitian ini adalah anak-anak kelompok B TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja yang terdiri atas 5 kelas kelompok B. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini dilakukan dengan teknik (1) observasi, (2) wawancara, (3) teknik kuesioner/angket, (4) dan kepustakaan. Data yang terkumpul kemudian dianalisis dengan cara (1) analisis domain, (2) analisis taksonomi, (3) dan analisis tema.
 Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) alat dan bahan yang digunakan dalam kegiatan finger painting ini adalah panci, gelas, sendok, centong, kompor gas, mangkok besar, mangkok kecil, cat/media warna finger painting, kertas gambar, tepung kanji, tepung terigu, pewarna makanan, air dan minyak goreng. 2) proses kegiatan finger painting di TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja dimulai dari mempersiapkan media dan perlengkapan pembelajaran, mengenalkan media dan mendemostrasikannya, mengarahkan dan membimbing, setelah selesai kegiatan anak bercerita dan guru mengapresiasi serta mengevaluasi hasil kerja anak-anak, akhir kegiatan guru melakukan penilaian dengan menggunakan portofolio. 3) Hasil karya finger painting kelompok B TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja memiliki subject matter dan visual yang beraneka ragam, penelitian ini dikelompokkan berdasarkan pada karakteristik karya yang dihasilkan oleh anak-anak, dan diperoleh hasil sebagian besar karya anak cenderung mengacu pada tipe haptic dan tipe naturalistik, serta bentuk visual yang sering muncul yaitu bentuk rumah, bunga dan orang.Kata Kunci : finger painting, karakteristik, subject matter This study aims to describe (1) tools and materials used in finger painting activities at TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja, (2) the process of finger painting activities at TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja, (3) subject matter of children's drawings produced in activities finger painting at TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja. The target of this study was children of group B TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja which consisted of 5 classes in group B. This study was a qualitative descriptive study. Data collection in this study was carried out by techniques (1) observation, (2) interviews, (3) questionnaire / questionnaire techniques, (4) and literature. The collected data is then analyzed by (1) domain analysis, (2) taxonomic analysis, (3) and theme analysis.
 The results showed that (1) the tools and materials used in finger painting activities were pans, cups, spoons, centongs, gas stoves, large bowls, small bowls, paints / color media finger painting, drawing paper, starch, flour food coloring, water and cooking oil. 2) the process of finger painting activities in TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja starts from preparing the media and learning equipment, introducing the media and demonstrating it, directing and guiding, after the completion of the activities the children talk and the teacher appreciates and evaluates the work of the children, the end of the teacher's assessment by using a portfolio. 3) The results of group B's finger painting work TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Singaraja have a variety of subject matter and visual, this research is grouped based on the characteristics of the work produced by children, and the results of most children's work tend to refer to haptic and type types naturalistic, and visual forms that often appear, namely the shape of the house, flowers and people.keyword : finger painting, characteristics, subject matter

It is one thing to find Medea compelling, another to make her art, let alone funerary art. This article faces this complexity head on by examining Medea's visual identity within a sepulchral context. It interrogates her presence on Roman sarcophagi of the mid to late second century CE. The corpus is not insubstantial—nine intact relief panels plus further fragmentary pieces offer ample testament to Medea's presence in the funerary context. Beyond this sphere, Medea's emotionally charged legacy needs no introduction, and her characterisation—outsider, avenger, semi-divine sorceress, victim and murderer—is fleshed out by her capacity to fascinate and repel. Modern scholarship fans the flames, as she remains a popular subject for scholars of Latin and Greek literature, mythology and gender studies.In contrast, Medea's visual sphere of interest has attracted less in-depth attention. Recent studies have acknowledged the implications of her presence on pots and in freestanding sculpture, and most notably, wall painting is beginning to receive careful treatment. Yet art-historians have been more reluctant to confront Medea within the enclosed and predisposed funerary context. Traditional approaches to mythological sarcophagi more generally have favoured consolado as the dominant mode of commemoration, in which empathy and pothos are paramount and protagonists like Adonis and Endymion seen as positive exempla worthy of analogy and assimilation. The deceased is elevated by association with these figures (an association which is often underlined by the use of a portrait head) and the bereaved reassured by the implied interaction of mundane and heroic, mortal and divine. In this way, desire becomes a gloss for grief and loss is translated as yearning.

The article is devoted to the thorough research of distinctive features of ceremonial and chamber types of portrait in Russian art of 18th century. The matter drew attention of scientists earlier but the identification of specific characteristics, inherent to each type of portrait painting, is not available in academic literature on the subject at the moment. The need for defining a set of features appears relevant for studies into the portrait painting at the turn of 18th – 19th centuries, which is characterized by combination of particularities peculiar to different variants of image in one artwork. It is the identification of distinctive typological characteristics of ceremonial and chamber portrait that allows to explore certain artworks of the mentioned period more effectivly in comparison with stylistic analysis the use of which is objectively difficult with coexistence of various artistic directions.

The act of reading and re-viewing stage performance, of re-presenting or re-visualizing a mise-en-scène through ‘verbal painting’ may be fruitfully considered through the ancient rhetorical process of ekphrasis (‘a speech that brings the subject matter vividly before the eyes’) and its defining quality of enargeia (‘vividness’). It is an approach that makes listeners (and readers) into ‘spectators’. This foray into ancient rhetorical practice, with its focus on impact rather than mere analysis, is intended to penetrate the process of re-viewing and critiquing performance, taking as an example Rupert Goold’s production of Romeo and Juliet with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2010.

From 1957 to 1964, Annette Michelson wrote over seventy-five columns and reviews from Paris for the International Herald Tribune, Arts Magazine, and Art International. As Yve-Alain Bois demonstrates, Michelson's subject matter as an art critic during this time was varied, but her tone remained consistent and inimitable, characterized by erudition, irony, and attention to formal detail. Bois quotes from her self-confident appraisals of contemporary painting, traces her burgeoning interest in film, and highlights her particular interest in sculpture, from Daumier's modeled busts to Matisse's small bronze nudes to Tinguely's kinetic machines.

Calligraphy and painting have a long and rich history of association with literary composition, especially poetry. These three “arts of the brush” share not just materials and tools of production but also a critical vocabulary and certain aesthetic ideals. The pronounced attention in the early history of each art to the world of nature as a source of verbal imagery, subject matter, and even graphic design bound these arts together in the formative stage of theoretical writings about each. As the practice of these arts matured in medieval times, it became common for them to appear together in a single, composite work: a painting inscribed with a poem, written as a calligraphic display. This composite form became a hallmark of Chinese visual and literary culture. Thus even when they were used separately, the aesthetic values of the others often remained in the minds of the poet-artist and reader or viewer.