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The Nude in mythological paintings - the artists' masterpieces

Mythological genre (from Greek "mythos" - legend) - a genre of the fine art, devoted to events and heroes, about whom tell myths of the ancients. Myths, legends, stories have all nations of the world, and they are the major source of art work. The mythological genre arised in late ancient and medieval art when greco-roman myths and beliefs were no longer beliefs and became literary stories with moral and allegorical meaning. The mythological genre formed in the Renaissance, when ancient legends gave the richest subjects for paintings by Sandro Botticelli, Andrea Mantegna, Giorgione, and Raphael's frescoes. In the 17th century and early in the 19th century understanding about paintings of mythological genre significantly broaden. They designed for incarnation the high artistic ideals (Nicolas Poussin, Peter Paul Rubens), bring to life (Diego Velazquez, Pompeo Batoni, Rembrandt), and create a festive sight (Fran?ois Boucher, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo).

In 19th century, mythological genre served as standard of high, perfect art (sculpture by Ivan Martos, paintings by Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Alexander Ivanov). Along with subjects of classical mythology, Germanic, Celtic, Indian, Slavic myths became popular themes in the art in the 19th and 20th centuries.

At the beginning of the 20th century symbolism and art nouveau revived interest in the mythological genre (Gustave Moreau, Maurice Denis, Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Vrubel). He got a modern reinterpretation in sculpture and graphic such artists as Aristide Maillol, Antoine Bourdelle, Sergey Konenkov, Pablo Picasso.

nu art in mythology painting

Pictures:

Nymph and Satyr :: Alexandre Cabanel	The Birth of Venus :: Alexandre Cabanel	The Cyclops Polyphemus :: Annibale Carracci
Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne [detail- 1] :: Annibale Carracci	Venus and Adonis :: Annibale Carracci	Venus with a Satyr and Cupids :: Annibale Carracci
Bacchus with Two Nymphs and Cupid :: Caesar van Everdingen	The Four Muses with Pegasus :: Caesar van Everdingen	The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis :: Cornelis Cornelisz Van Haarlem
Diana and her Nymphs :: Domenichino	Circe and her Lovers in a Landscape :: Dosso Dossi	Diana and Calisto :: Dosso Dossi
The Bath of Diana :: Fransois Clouet	Diana and Actaeon (detail) :: Giuseppe Cesari	Diana and Actaeon :: Giuseppe Cesari
Mars And Venus Surprised By Apollo :: Hendrick De Clerck	The Punishment of Midas :: Hendrick De Clerck	Aphrodite and Eros :: Henri Camille Danger
Lament for Icarus :: Herbert James Draper	The Pearls of Aphrodite :: Herbert James Draper	Ulysses and the Sirens :: Herbert James Draper
Waterbaby :: Herbert James Draper	Diane La Chasseuse [Diana Of The Hunt] :: Horace de Callias	Cupid and Psyche :: Jacques-Louis David
Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces :: Jacques-Louis David Oil on canvas, 1824 (308 x 262 cm)( 121,3 x 103 inch )	The Fisherman and the Siren :: Knut Ekvall	Bacchus And Adriadne :: Maurice Denis
Cupid Carries Psyche To The Heaven :: Maurice Denis	Cupid In Flight Is Struck By The Beauty Of Psyche :: Maurice Denis	Psyche Discovers That Her Secret Lover Is Cupid :: Maurice Denis
Psyche's Parents Abandon Her On The Summit Of The Mountain :: Maurice Denis	Nymphs In The Forest Fontainbleau :: Narcisse-Virgile Dhaz de la Peka	Flora Pastel on paper :: Rosalba Carriera
Nymph from Apollos Retinue :: Rosalba Carriera	Cupid and Psyche :: Sir Antony van Dyck	Jupiter and Antiope :: Sir Antony van Dyck
Susanna and the Elders :: Sir Antony van Dyck	Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids :: Thiodore Chassiriau	Apollo and Daphne :: Thiodore Chassiriau
Sirens And The Night :: William Edward Frost	Bacchante Playing the Tambourine :: William Etty	Britomart Redeems Fair Amoret :: William Etty
Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed :: William Etty	Cupid and Psyche :: William Etty	The Judgement of Paris :: William Etty
Venus and Cupid :: William Etty	Venus And Her satellites :: William Etty	Lamia :: Herbert James Draper
Othello And Desdemona :: Adolphe Weisz	Cupid and Psyche :: Benjamin West	A Song Silenced :: Charles Chaplin
Venus A La Colombe :: Le'on Bazile Perrault	Springtime Awakening :: Luc-Olivier Merson	A Woodland Nymph :: Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Cupid and Psiheja :: William Adolphe Bouguereau	The Love of the Nymph :: Louis Emile Adan	The Sirens :: Henri Fantin-Latour
Florinda :: Franz Xavier Winterhalter	Sleeping Venus :: Artemisia Gentileschi	Fata Morgana :: George Frederick Watts
Orpheus and Eurydice :: George Frederick Watts	The Judgement Of Paris :: George Frederick Watts	The Awakening of Adonis :: John William Waterhouse
The Hamadryad :: John William Waterhouse	Venus Showing Mars her Doves Making a Nest in his Helmet :: Joseph-Marie Vien	Pandora :: Jules Joseph Lefebvre Size: Unknown technique: oil on canvas
Pandora :: Jules Joseph Lefebvre 1882 Size: 96.5 x 74.9 cm (37.99 "x 29.49") technique: oil on canvas	L'amour Blesse (Love Hurts) :: Jules Joseph Lefebvre	Chloe (study) :: Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Nymph and Bacchus :: Jules Joseph Lefebvre Nymph et Bacchus technique: oil on canvas [naked goddess with onions, putti, game, statue, park]	Nymph with morning glory flowers [portrait of a girl three-quarters]	Venus, Mars, and Vulcan 1547-1551, Alte Pinakothek, Munich Picture size is 135 x 198 cm, oil on canvas.?
Mars and Venus Discovered by the Gods :: Joachim Wtewael 1610-1612, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Picture size is 20.2 x 15.5 cm, oil on canvas.	Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid :: AACHEN, Hans von Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid - Oil on canvas, 163 x 113 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	Apollo, Hyacinthus and Cyparissus Singing and Playing Music :: Alexander Ivanov Apollo, Hyacinthus and Cyparissus Singing and Playing Music. 1831-1834. Oil on canvas. 100 x 139,9.

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art1742 User Rating: 722 May 24, 2018

Cool and magestic!!!

User User Rating: 400 June 6, 2018

I'm neither a connoisseur of mythology nor a fan of the genre of nu, so in this section most of the pictures leave me indifferent. But some works are interesting in their idea or embodiment. "Waterbaby" of Herbert James Draper is very touching, depicts a newborn baby in a sink, unequivocally equating it with a pearl - this natural and unique treasure. Also I like "The Fisherman and the Siren" of Knut Ekvall, showing a siren pulling a fisherman into the sea. And the water that the artist spins [Expand]