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Hades, called Pluto by the Romans, was the god of the Greek underworld, the land of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology. While some modern religions view the underworld as hell and its ruler as the embodiment of evil, the Greeks and Romans saw the underworld as a place of inescapable darkness. Though hidden from daylight and the living, Hades himself was not evil. Instead, he was the guardian of the laws of death, a somber but rigorously just sovereign.
Read more … Dante and Virgil in Hell: From Hades, the Just Sovereign, to Bouguereau's Eighth Circle
The story of Cupid and Psyche is, perhaps, the most beautiful allegory ever told about the human soul's journey toward immortality. The plot begins with Psyche, a king's daughter, whose beauty was so overwhelming that the people of her kingdom spoke only of her and, in doing so, forgot to follow the cult and adoration of Venus (Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty. The goddess, feeling outraged by this rivalry born of mortality, sends her son, Cupid (Eros), the god of desire, to punish the insolent girl.
Read more … Cupid and Psyche: The Soul's Ascent Through Passion and Curiosity
Some time ago, we published the story and work of The Rape of Proserpina by Bernini in La vida es Arte, a marvelous sculpture where unbridled passion was frozen in marble with the fervor of the Baroque. Now, it is the turn of another scene of abduction and sacrifice, that of Polyxena, a much darker story, charged with tragic love, vengeance, and the fatality that marked the bitter end of the Trojan War.
Read more … From Beauty to Sacrifice: The Inescapable Destiny of Polyxena
In the firmament of mythology, there exists a constellation of figures whose light lies not in destructive power or martial glory, but in the subtle, yet essential, vibration of amiability and beauty. They are the Three Graces, or Charites in the immortal language of the Greeks, and their legend is not one of conflict, but of perfect harmony. They are the rhythmic pulse of existence that celebrates the gift, the joy, and the radiant manifestation of grace. Their story is, in essence, the poetry of life itself, distilled into three female forms whose embrace has been perpetuated through the centuries.
Read more … Canova's The Graces: The Eternal Dance of Beauty, Joy, and Splendor Captured in Marble
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El dormir de la Tristeza y el sueño de la Alegría de Raffaelle Monti:, es casi un grito esculpido de la unificación italiana. ¡Imagínate el año 1861! Italia, esa tierra de poetas y guerreros,...
Teseo, el héroe rey de Atenas, tenía reputación de gran fuerza y valentía; pero Pirítoo, el hijo de Ixión, uno de los más famosos héroes de la antigüedad, quiso ponerlo a prueba. Por lo tanto,...
En el vasto universo de la mitología griega, pocas figuras despiertan tanto miedo y fascinación como Medusa, la mujer que alguna vez fue hermosa y que terminó convertida en un monstruo con...
Read more … 10 grandes historias sobre Medusa, la gorgona...
La mesa Demidofffue esculpida por Lorenzo Bartolini en 1845. Es una escultura de mármol blanco en donde se observa una ronda de tres niños acostados sobre una mesa.A lo largo del borde de la parte...
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