How a centaur tried to abduct Hercules’ new bride, and the delayed revenge which led to the death of Hercules.
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Some of the key paintings telling the story of the grisly death of the satyr Marsyas, who lost his musical contest against Apollo.
According to legend, he held the bridge which kept the Etruscans out of the city, while the bridge behind was demolished. Some wonderful paintings.
The anger of Achilles almost brought the Greek war against Troy to a grinding halt. But is Homer’s account fair, or was there more to it?
A puzzling painting of a lone woman, wrestling with inner turmoil; a trap laid by a dying Centaur; a king with a thing for Hercules, and his promotion to being a saint.
Less than 30 lines of the book are devoted to the abduction of Europa, which has become its best-known and most-often painted story.
Never mock Cupid. As Apollo found it, he’ll get his own back in the cruellest of ways.
A simple story with an obvious climax to be shown. But getting the composition right proves a test even for the Masters.
For two centuries, Bosch’s innovative ideas and symbols were used in northern Europe. But after 1700, all changed again.
Telling the complex story of how manna saved the Israelites, and starring the master of narrative painting, Poussin.
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