30 Beautiful Paintings About Greek Mythology You Need To See Right Now
No other mythology has captured artists’ imagination as the Greek myths. Hello everybody, be welcome to my new post about paintings, this time with some of the most beautiful works of art ever created for you to see right now.
“Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.” ― Homer, The Iliad
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Artists have been using the Greek myths as inspiration since times immemorial… and here I have compiled some of those great ones. Some of them are from well-renowned artists, others are from guys you have never heard about. Gods, heroes, beautiful goddesses and some terrifying creatures of Greek mythology are here for your eyes only.
So, without further ado, let’s begin:
30-Peter Paul Rubens – Bellerophon Riding Pegasus Fighting the Chimaera (1635)
Via: meisterdrucke.uk
29-Peter Paul Rubens - The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (circa 1618)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
28-Francesco Melzi - Leda and the Swan (from 1508 until 1515) (after a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
27-Edward Burne-Jones - Atlas Turned to Stone (1878)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
26-Arturo Michelena - Diana the Huntress (1896)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
25-Paul Reid – Minotaur (2005)
Via: https://www.paulreidart.co.uk/mythologies
24-Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo - Poseidon and Athena battle for control of Athens (1512)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
23-George Frederic Watts - Orpheus and Eurydice
Via: Wikimedia Commons
22-Joachim Wtewael - Perseus Freeing Andromeda (1611)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
21-Charles Edward Perugini - Pandora's Box
Via: Wikimedia Commons
20-Guido Reni - Hercules Vanquishing the Hydra of Lerma (between 1617 and 1620)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
19-Roland Müller - Die junge Athene (2019)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
18-Diego Velázquez - Mars Resting (c 1639-41)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
17-Charles Edouard Boutibonne - Mermaids Frolicking in the Sea (1883)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
16-Franz von Stuck - Sisyphus (1920)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
15-Alexandre Cabanel - The Birth of Venus (1863)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
14-Frederic Leighton - The Return of Persephone (1891)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
13-Caravaggio – Medusa (from 1597 until 1598)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
12-Guido Reni – Polyphemus (between 1639 and 1640)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
11-Charles Meynier - Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (1798)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
10-John William Waterhouse - Jason and Medea (1907)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
9-Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy (c.1760)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
8-Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres - Zeus and Thetis (1811)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
7-Benjamin West - Thetis bringing the Armor to Achilles (1804)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
6-Carolus-Duran – Hebe (1874)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
5-Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Oedipus and the Sphinx (1808)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
4-Jacob Peter Gowy - The fall of Icarus (between 1635 and 1637)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
3-Pierre-Narcisse Guérin - Clytemnestra and Agamemnon (1817)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
2-Jan Cossiers - Prometheus Carrying Fire (1630s)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
1-Jacques-Louis David – The Anger of Achilles (1819)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
Bonus:
Jean-Léon Gérôme - Pygmalion and Galatea (circa1890)
Via: Wikimedia Commons
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So, what do you think? Which one of this wonderful paintings is your favorite? Let us know in the comment section. Greek myths will never die and we have to be sure to keep them alive in our collective memory.
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STOPThese are all very beautiful.
Art has certainly changed since the time of these masterpieces.
I especially like number 30, 11, and 8.
Thanks for sharing these with us.
Great choices those three, number 11 is one of my favorites also. Sorry, I couldn’t reply to you before, and I got to tell you this: Your commentary here is the best I have received since I started on this platform. Thank you and stay tuned, more content like this is coming. Take care.
No problem. Thanks. Looking forward to it!