The assassination of Julius Caesar occurred when Jupiter had decided his life was already completed, so Venus rescued his soul from the Senate House and he was transformed into a star.
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Ultramarine blue for Mary’s cloak, red for the Passion, cardinals and the scarlet woman. Other colour codes, including their importance in multiplex narrative.
The harrowing of Hell, and the Resurrection in the paintings of William Blake, Jan Brueghel the Elder, William Holman Hunt, and others.
From the way of the cross, ascending Calvary, to the Crucifixion, descent from the cross, pietà, and entombment.
From Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, through the Last Supper, to his trials and crowning with thorns.
More rich narratives, including Titania and Bottom, Falstaff, Milton’s Paradise Lost, Odysseus, Satan, Lady Macbeth, and Fairy Mab.
By William Blake, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Edward Burne-Jones and others, Edward Stott, Albin Egger-Lienz, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Kazimierz Sichulski.
By William Blake, Gérôme, Fritz von Uhde, Maurice Denis, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, and Joseph Stella. Merry Christmas!
After the people of Aegina are almost wiped out by a plague, Jupiter gives its king an army of hard workers who became the fearsome Myrmidons in the Trojan War.
Largely restricted among Classical deities to Hermes, Cupid, and personifications of winds, heavenly bodies, and events, the gift of flight extends to angels and even saints.
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