Showing posts with label grazie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grazie. Show all posts

Monday, 14 December 2020

The Three Hesperides

 

the three Hesperides

Alessia Delvecchio
"The Three Hesperides"
digital painting print on gatorfoam
100x182x2cm, 2020

Le tre Esperidi nella mitologia greca si di differenziavano dalle Cariti, le Grazie, per le vesti. Mentre le Grazie venivano rappresentate nude, le Esperidi erano vestite. Qui sono ricoperte da tute aderenti a motivi optical con tre simboli runici: Kenaz, Wunjo, Fehu. Questo lavoro appartiene alla serie intitolata "Way back into Soul", in cui sono rappresentati antichi miti in chiave moderna.

 The three Hesperides in Greek mythology differed from the Charites, the Graces, for their clothes. While the Graces were represented naked, the Hesperides were clothed. Here they are covered with adherent suits with optical motifs with three runic symbols: Kenaz, Wunjo, Fehu. This work belongs to a series entitled "Way back into Soul", in which ancient myths are represented in a modern way.

 

Monday, 16 November 2020

The Three Graces

 

tre grazie, three graces

Alessia Delvecchio
"The Three Graces"
digital painting print on gatorfoam
100x182x2cm, 2020

Le tre grazie nella mitologia greca si chiamavano Cariti ed erano Aglaia, lo splendore, Eufrosine, la gioia e Talie, la prosperità, tre doni che venivano portati nel mondo umano e naturale. Le grazie erano state generate dall'unione tra Zeus ed Eurinome e rappresentano la ricompensa dell'uomo virtuoso, infatti nelle mani portano i pomi delle Esperidi come simbolo di immortalità. In Aglaia compare come simbolo runico Kenaz al posto del suo organo sessuale. In Eufrosine compare il simbolo runico Wunjo e in Talie il simbolo runico Fehu, che in questa posizione non si vede perché la troviamo di spalle. Questo lavoro appartiene alla serie intitolata "Way back into Soul", in cui sono rappresentati antichi miti in chiave moderna.

The three graces in Greek mythology were called Charities and they were Aglaea, the splendor, Euphrosyne, the mirth and Thalia, the prosperity, three gifts that were brought into the human and natural world. The graces were generated by the union between Zeus and Eurynome and represent the reward of the virtuous man, in fact in their hands they carry the apples of the Hesperides as a symbol of immortality. In Aglaea, Kenaz appears as runic symbol in place of her sexual organ. In Euphrosyne the runic symbol Wunjo appears and in Thalia the runic symbol Fehu, which is not seen in this position because we find her from behind. This work belongs to a series entitled "Way back into Soul", in which ancient myths are represented in a modern way.