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The Chimera first appeared early in the repertory of the proto-Corinthian pottery painters, providing some of the earliest identifiable mythological scenes that may be recognized in Greek art. After some early hesitation, the Corinthian type was fixed in the 670s BC; the variations in the pictorial representations suggest multiple origins to ...
The Chimera of Arezzo is regarded as the best example of ancient Etruscan art. [1] The British art historian David Ekserdjian described the sculpture as "one of the most arresting of all animal sculptures and the supreme masterpiece of Etruscan bronze-casting". [ 2 ]
The Chimera was a fire-breathing monster consisting of the body of a goat, the head of a lion and the tail of a serpent. This monster had terrorized the nearby countryside. On his way to Caria, he encountered the famous Corinthian fortune teller Polyeidos , who gave him advice on his upcoming battle, telling Bellerophon that in order to emerge ...
Les Chimères or The Chimaeras is an unfinished painting executed in 1884 by the French Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau (1826–1898). It depicts a large forest scene wherein various nude women are associated with sundry figures from classical and medieval mythology—not only the titular chimeras, but also centaurs, winged creatures, fawns, minotaurs, etc.
An old 1850 Japanese painting describing the Kotobuki. Kotobuki (寿, "congratulations") is a yōkai in Japanese mythology.The Kotobuki is a Japanese Chimera that has the parts of the creatures of the animals on the Chinese zodiac where it sports the head of a rat, the ears of a rabbit, the horns of an ox, the comb of a rooster, the beard of a goat, the neck of a dragon, the mane of a horse ...
A chimera (/ k aɪ ˈ m ɪər ə /) is a type of grotesque depicting a mythical combination of multiple animals (sometimes including humans). [1] Grotesque are often called gargoyles , although the term gargoyle refers to figures carved specifically to drain water away from the sides of buildings.
Such scenes are pretty commonplace in my house, with both my sons. ... “What a chimera a human being is! What a novelty. What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy ...
Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for "she-goat") originally referred to: Chimera (mythology) , a fire-breathing monster of ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals Mount Chimaera , a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia typically considered the inspiration for the myth