A practical guide to the Library of Congress paintings : with 92 key pictures and other illustrations and the library quotations (1903)
Washington : Foster & Reynolds · leaf 28
of Tragedy, has the tragic mask. T he genii hold laurel crown and brazier of fire, suggestions which are repeated in the other paintings. Clio , Muse of History, whose records are of heroic deeds, has for symbols a wreathed helmet and torch. 1 halia, Muse of Gaiety, Pastoral Life and Comedy; faun… … Erato — Love Poetry. Polyhymnia — Inspired Song, Sacred Music. comic mask. Euterpe, Muse of Lyric Poetry, the Mistress of Song, has a flute. Terpsichore, Muse of the Choral Dance, is striking the cymbals. Erato, Muse of Love Poetry, has a garland of white roses; a crouching lioness typi- fies her…
Library of Congress · Mural painting and decoration, American · Symbolism in art
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