Category: Melancholy of the ancient world
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According to the myth, the daughters of Niobe, queen of Tebe, were killed by the Gods as punishment for hybris, or lack of modesty. The legend claims that Niobe was too proud of having more sons and daughters than the mother of Apollo and Artemis. However, I personally believe that the myth can be interpreted…
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According to the myth, the daughters of Niobe, queen of Tebe, were killed by the Gods as punishment for hybris, or lack of modesty. The legend claims that Niobe was too proud of having more sons and daughters than the mother of Apollo and Artemis. However, I personally believe that the myth can be interpreted…
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Guardi a capo chino per terra e la mano sembra disfare la cinta. Perché? Il pudore è alieno da Afrodite: un cenno del capo dica, senza parole, che ti pieghi al volere della dea.
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Of all the Michelangelo’s masterpieces, this Pietà is the one I love most. It is an unfinished work (Michelangelo died before completing it) but to my eyes it is perfect, as it truly represents the human state of being in this world with our incompleteness, imperfections, distortions, imbalances. For this very reason deserving no less…
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Melancholy Of The Ancient World
Luminis Imago 