The stories of Cambyses the corrupt judge, Phryne charged with impiety, the judgement of Solomon, the Tichborne Trial, and several others.
Gérôme
Ridden by Napoleon, crossing Australian desert, walking on the beach at Aqaba, on the streets of Tbilisi, in North Africa and Arabia.
Aesculapius, Psyche, the Esquiline Venus, views in Roman villas, Queen Sheba visiting King Solomon, storm nymphs, and a lascivious dance.
Apollo’s chariot, that of Pluto and Achilles, the Trojan Horse, Lady Godiva’s, and the mount of Saint George when he slays the dragon.
Paintings of Istanbul and its surroundings by Gérôme, Delacroix, Richard Dadd, Ivan Aivazovsky, and Alberto Pasini up to 1877.
The incredible myth of Leda and the swan, the transformation of Phaëthon’s brother Cycnus, King Arthur, Hesiod, Swan Pie and more.
The double pipe with reeds played by Marsyas in his doomed contest with Apollo, blown by the Sirens, and more.
The long-running thread in many of his paintings, his quest for visual truth, seen in the blind Michelangelo, the arena, a courtesan on trial, and Truth coming out of her well.
Two unusual treatments of popular myths, an enigmatic series of the personification of Truth, two religious works, and a work that inspired Surrealists in the 20th century.
Tulips to mark a stock market crash and recession, David’s lust for Bathsheba, his work as a sculptor, Pygmalion and Galatea, and a summary of his career.
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