Inside Out Library · Explore

The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)

Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 225

An illustration from The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art, 1894, leaf 225
ike Hermes. Among the art monuments which relate to his adventures is amarble relief from the Villa Pamfili, now in the Capitoline Museumat Rome, depicting the rescue of Andromeda. The sea-monster lies 222 GREEK AND ROMAN MTTHOLOar. dead at the feet of Perseus, who is assisting the joyful Andromeda… … Fig. 56.—Perseus and Andromeda. Marble T?elief in the Museaiti at Nnplcfl, tion to his winged .^fcoes, has also wings on his head. The sav.iosonception is perceptible, with a few minor points of diiferenca,in several Pompeian paintings, and on a marble relief of the NaplesMuseum (Fig. 56).…

Mythology, Classical · Art, Roman · Art, Greek

Internet Archive · Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art

More like this