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The Apotheosis of Homer is a grand 1827 painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, now exhibited at the Louvre as INV 5417. The symmetrical composition depicts Homer being crowned by a winged figure personifying Victory or the Universe. Forty-four additional figures pay homage to the poet in a kind of classical ...
The Apotheosis of Homer, by Archelaus of Priene. Marble relief, possibly of the 3rd century BC, now in the British Museum. The Apotheosis of Homer is a common scene in classical and neo-classical art, showing the poet Homer's apotheosis or elevation to divine status. Homer was the subject of a number of formal hero cults in
"Ce que l'on sait," he would repeat, "il faut le savoir l'épée à la main." ("Whatever you know, you must know it with sword in hand.") Ingres thus left himself without the means of producing the necessary unity of effect when dealing with crowded compositions, such as the Apotheosis of Homer and the Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian.
The Apotheosis of Homer is an oil on canvas painting by Salvador Dalí, created c. 1945. It is at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne , in Munich . [ 1 ]
The Apotheosis of Catherine of Braganza; The Apotheosis of Claudius; Apotheosis of Democracy; Apotheosis of Homer; The Apotheosis of Homer (Dalí) The Apotheosis of Homer (Ingres) Apotheosis of Palermo; Apotheosis of Saint Sebastian; Apotheosis of St. Louis; The Apotheosis of Voltaire; The Apotheosis of War; The Apotheosis of Washington
The Apotheosis of Homer is a common classical and neo-classical art scene showing the poet apotheosis of Homer. The Apotheosis of Homer may also refer to: The Apotheosis of Homer, a 1944–1945 painting by Salvador Dalí; The Apotheosis of Homer, 1827 painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
The just-over-two-hour show marks the apotheosis of a bigger-is-better ethos that has regularly occurred throughout the band’s career, and which they are not about to give up now that they’re ...
Apotheosis (from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from ἀποθεόω / ἀποθεῶ (apotheóō/apotheô) 'to deify'), also called divinization or deification (from Latin deificatio 'making divine'), is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment of a human being, any other living thing, or ...