Jan 4, 2024 · Homer’s Odyssey: The Epic Voyages of Odysseus in 16 Artworks. Troy was destroyed, but the trials of clever Odysseus had just begun. Follow the Odyssey, his ten-year …

Apr 24, 2019 · Homer's Odyssey has inspired impressive artwork. Here are some of the artistic representations of people Odysseus encountered, based on the Odyssey.

Oct 5, 2024 · Paintings that depict Odysseus’ ten-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War tend to be vibrant in color and playful in energy, yet carry an undertone of sorrow and …

Pages in category "Paintings based on the Odyssey" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

The Odyssey is an 1850 painting by the French artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, showing a female personification of the eponymous poem by Homer. It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts …

Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus is an 1829 oil painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner. It depicts a scene from Homer's Odyssey, showing Odysseus (Ulysses) standing on his ship deriding …

The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Engraved From the Compositions of John Flaxman, Sculptor, Rome

Jul 21, 2020 · This artwork, created by the Florentine artist Alessandro Allori (c. 1535–1607), depicts one of the famous scenes from Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. It shows the …

The subject of this painting is taken from Book IX of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey. Turner shows Ulysses sailing away from the island where Polyphemus – a man-eating cyclops (one …

Nov 5, 2021 · Arnold Böcklin shows Odysseus’ crew rowing frantically out to sea, through large waves, as Polyphemus prepares to hurl a huge rock at them from the shore. His detailed …

Aug 29, 2021 · This painting, by the Italian artist Salvator Rosa (c. 1615-1673), depicts a scene from Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. In particular, the artwork re-creates an episode from …

Author: Homer (Greek, active 13th or 8th century BCE) Translator: Alexander Pope (British, 1688–1744) Illustrator: Edward Francis Burney (British, Worcester 1760–1848 London)

Sep 17, 2020 · This painting, created by the German artist and writer Joachim von Sandrart (c. 1630-1688), depicts a scene from Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. It shows Odysseus, the …

Selected art, poetry, and prose images in this section highlight Ulysses’s death -defying and perilous experiences meeting supernatural and fantastical creatures, monsters, gods, demi …

Romare Bearden based this work on Pintoricchio’s Italian Renaissance fresco titled The Return of Odysseus, using collage to bring various physical attributes inspired by Benin masks and …

Joseph Mallord William Turner’s Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus (1829) exemplifies Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. In the painting, Odysseus and his crew are shown mocking the cyclops …

During the seven years he spent in Italy, the sculptor developed a striking new style of outline drawing to illustrate famous poetic works by Homer and Aeschylus for private patrons, and the …

Nov 7, 2021 · Corinth’s grand Odysseus in the Battle with the Suitors was painted in 1913 as a wall decoration for the Villa Katzenbogen, and shows Odysseus slaughtering all the suitors. …

The story of the beautiful nymph Calypso is told in Homer's "Odyssey", an ancient Greek epic. Calypso lived on the island of Ogygia, where the shipwrecked hero Ulysses (Odysseus) drifted …

1 day ago · Their narratives have endured for millennia, shaping literature, art, and storytelling across cultures and epochs. Origins and Authorship. The authorship of The Iliad and The …