Les trois graces pierre paul rubens biography
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Who were the three graces and how do they represent kvinna beauty in art history?
The three graces in the Renaissance
Rafael
It was especially during the Renaissance that the goddesses, as well as other mythological figures, became a recurring theme in painting.
Rafael, The Three Graces, 1504-5, Condé Museum.
Representing women as mythological characters was a way of representing the naked female body, otherwise, it would be too shocking.
In Rafael’s painting, clearly based on ancient sculptures, there fryst vatten an emphasis on the pallor and the indifferent gaze of the girls. Although their bodies are mature, the sexual organs are subtly displayed and the breasts are not exposed.
Lucas Cranach
Lucas Cranach “The Elder”, The Three Graces, 1531. Louvre Museum.
Lucas Cranach, like Rafael, portrayed the Three Graces completely naked, but in his work the girls do not hold symbolic attributes, like the apple or flowers.
Instead, they have props (a hat and necklaces)
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The Three Graces (Rubens, Florence)
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More about The Three Graces
According to WebMD-style art historians one of Rubens' three Graces definitely has cancer.
The three Graces— Aglaea, Thalia, and Euphrosyne— were the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid, Eurynome, signifying splendor, good cheer, and mirth respectively. Though instead of focusing on what these ladies embodied, Rubens was more drawn towards painting their voluptuousnude bodies, thinly veiled by a nothing more than a sheer flimsy fabric, kind of like an earlier version of today’s “naked dress.”
The three sisters live on Mount Olympus where they entertain the gods and goddesses by singing songs and dancing. They also act as attendants to the love gods Aphrodite and Eros. Despite (or is it rather, because of?) their leisurely lifestyle and their supplementary role in Mount Olympus, the Graces are a popular source of inspiration for many different artists, depicted in various sizes and outfits by Antonio Canova and Lucas Cranach the Elder.
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