Alcinous
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| - | '''Francesco Hayez''' ([[February 10]], [[1791]], [[Venice]] - [[December 21]], [[1882]], [[Milan]]) was the leading artist of [[Romanticism]] in mid-[[19th-century]] [[Milan]], renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories and exceptionally fine portraits. | + | '''Alcinous''' or '''Alkínoös''' ([[Ancient Greek|Gr.]] '''{{ polytonic|Ἀλκίνοος}}''') was, in [[Greek mythology]], a son of [[Nausithous]], or of [[Phaeax (mythology)|Phaeax]] (son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Corcyra (mythology)|Corcyra]]), and father of [[Nausicaa]], [[Halius]], [[Clytoneus]] and [[Laodamas]] with [[Arete (mythology)|Arete]]. His name literally means "mighty mind". He married his brother Rhexenor's daughter after Rhexenor was killed.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} |
| - | Hayez came from a relatively poor family. His father was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from [[Murano]]. The child Francisco, youngest of five sons, was brought up by his mother's sister, who had married Giovanni Binasco, a well-off shipowner and collector of art. From childhood he showed a predisposition for drawing, so his uncle apprenticed him to an art restorer. Later he becames a student of the painter [[Francisco Magiotto]] with whom he continued his studies for three years. He was admitted to the painting course of the New Academy of Fine Arts in 1806, where he studied under [[Teodoro Matteini]]. In 1809 he won a competition from the [[Accademia|Academy of Venice]] for one year of study at the [[Accademia di San Luca]] in Rome. He remained in Rome until 1814, then moved to [[Naples]] where he was commissioned by [[Joachim Murat]] to paint a major work depicting "[[Odysseus|Ulysses]] at the court of [[Alcinous]]". In 1850 he was appointed director of the [[Pinacoteca di Brera|Academy of Brera]] in [[Milan]]. | + | ==Mythography== |
| + | In the myth of the [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], Alcinous is represented as living with his wife [[Arete (mythology)|Arete]] in [[Drepane]]. The Argonauts, on their return from [[Colchis]], came to his island, and were not straight. When the Colchians, in their pursuit of the Argonauts, likewise arrived in Drepane, and demanded that [[Jason]]'s lover [[Medea]] should be delivered up to them, Alcinous declared that if she was still a virgin she should be restored to them, but if she was already the wife of Jason, he would protect her and her husband against the Colchians. The Colchians were obliged, by the contrivance of Arete, to depart without their princess, and the Argonauts continued their voyage homeward, after they had received expensive presents from Alcinous. | ||
| - | Assessment of the career of Hayez is complicated by the fact that he often did not sign or date his works. Often the date indicated from the evidence is that at which the work was acquired or sold, not of its creation. Moreover he often painted the same compositions several times with minimal variations, or even with no variation. His early works show the influence of [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Ingres]] and the [[Nazarene movement]]. His later work participates in the Classical revival. | + | According to [[Homer]], Alcinous is the happy ruler of the [[Phaiakia]]ns in the island of [[Scheria]], who has by Arete five sons and one daughter, Nausicaa. The description of his palace and his dominions, the mode in which Odysseus is received, the entertainments given to him, and the stories he related to the king about his own wanderings, occupy a considerable portion of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'' (from book vi. to xiii.), and form one of its most charming parts. |
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| - | ''Petro Rosso Imprisoned by the [[Scaligeri]]'' (c. 1820)<br> | ||
| - | A series on the ''[[Sicilian Vespers]]'' (1821-1846)<br> | ||
| - | ''Destruction of the [[Temple of Jerusalem]]'' (c. 1867)<br> | ||
| - | ''Portrait of Marin Faliero'' (1867)<br> | ||
| - | ''Vase of flowers on the window of a harem'' (c. 1881)<br> | ||
| - | ''[[The Kiss (Hayez painting) | The Kiss]] (1859) - Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan | ||
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Alcinous or Alkínoös (Gr. Template:Polytonic) was, in Greek mythology, a son of Nausithous, or of Phaeax (son of Poseidon and Corcyra), and father of Nausicaa, Halius, Clytoneus and Laodamas with Arete. His name literally means "mighty mind". He married his brother Rhexenor's daughter after Rhexenor was killed.Template:Citation needed
Mythography
In the myth of the Jason and the Argonauts, Alcinous is represented as living with his wife Arete in Drepane. The Argonauts, on their return from Colchis, came to his island, and were not straight. When the Colchians, in their pursuit of the Argonauts, likewise arrived in Drepane, and demanded that Jason's lover Medea should be delivered up to them, Alcinous declared that if she was still a virgin she should be restored to them, but if she was already the wife of Jason, he would protect her and her husband against the Colchians. The Colchians were obliged, by the contrivance of Arete, to depart without their princess, and the Argonauts continued their voyage homeward, after they had received expensive presents from Alcinous.
According to Homer, Alcinous is the happy ruler of the Phaiakians in the island of Scheria, who has by Arete five sons and one daughter, Nausicaa. The description of his palace and his dominions, the mode in which Odysseus is received, the entertainments given to him, and the stories he related to the king about his own wanderings, occupy a considerable portion of Homer's Odyssey (from book vi. to xiii.), and form one of its most charming parts.
