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This paining depicts the three fates with Clotho sitting on the far left holding the thread of life with Atropos cutting it standing in the middle and Lachesis sitting on the furthest right holding the spool. The three women have prominent bare chests and wear devilish, scary faces.
Terrace display of the nine statues.
Pictures of the nine statues depicting the Muses at the Palace of Achilleion
Nineteenth century Marble Statues of the 9 Muses in Corfu, Greece
Peter Paul Rubens , The Fates Spinning Marie’s Destiny (1622-5), oil on canvas, 394 x 153 cm.This art piece depicts the three fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sitting below Jupiter and Juno, who are used as the avatars of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de’ Medici.
On this oil on copper painting, Ares and Aphrodite lay in shocked distress, as Cupid and Apollo lift the dark-emerald green canopy to expose the two adulterous lovers. The two lovers lie in bed, partially covered by a sapphire-blue blanket. On the right of the bed stands the Pantheon of Greek gods, laughing at the adulterous couple. Hephaestus, the scornful husband of Aphrodite, stands to the side, hammering away. The sky is dramatic, dark colored with yellow in the gaps between the stormy grey clouds.
Apollo is shown holding his bow, striding past the Python's dead body in the lake below him, which lays in the water with several of Apollo's arrows sticking out of its hide. Apollo is looking up into the sky as he walks, making eye contact with a flying baby Cupid, who's soaring towards him with his bow poised, ready to shoot Apollo.
Eros has his arms around Psyche as he flies and leads them both up into the sky to his palace. Contrary to the painting's name, Psyche looks at peace in his arms, shown smiling amorously with her eyes closed. A piece of purple cloth is wrapped around the two lovers as if Eros has just whisked Psyche out of her bed.
The image shows Apollo, recognizable by his red cape and blonde hair, cradling Hyacinth as he lies in pain and dying with blood coming out of his head. Beside Apollo's feet is the gold discus which caused Hyacinth's death. Apollo looks down on him with guilt and sorrow. They are outside and behind them are trees and mountains.
In this oil painting, Athena is protecting two naked women while pushiIn this oil painting, Athena is protIn this oil painting, Athena is protecting two naked women while pushing away Mars, the God of war. Athena puts her hand on one of the woman’s shoulder, and use her body to shelter them from Mars’ vision. This painting depicted Athena as caring and protective. She is strong and steady enough to save others from powerful God. Her presence inspires a sense of security. ecting two naked women while pushing away Mars, the God of war. Athena puts her hand on one of the woman’s shoulder, and use her body to shelter them from Mars’ vision. This painting depicted Athena as caring and protective. She is strong and steady enough to save others from powerful God. Her presence inspires a sense of security. ng away Mars, the God of war. Athena puts her hand on one of the woman’s shoulder, and use her body to shelter them from Mars’ vision. This painting depicted Athena as caring and protective. She is strong and steady enough to save others from powerful God. Her presence inspires a sense of security.
In this image, the famous Venus de Milo sculpture created by the artist 'Alexandros of Antioch' can be clearly seen against the solid grey background, allowing the white, Parian marble to stand out. The famous sculpture is a representation of the goddess of love, Aphrodite during the Hellenistic time. You can tell that the sculpture was made between 130-150 B.C. due to Aphrodite's absence of both arms when it was rediscovered. The top portion of Aphrodite is bare with only a draped garment that seems to slip off her hips. Her gaze is serene and neutral with her hair neatly pulled into the back just above hovering above her ears.
In this painting we see Hercules placed in Hera's arms so that he can suckle while she slept next to her chariot pulled by peacocks. When, in his enthusiasm, Hercules bites Hera, and she awakens and brusquely pulls him away from her. The milk spilling out of her breast turned into the Milky Way.

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