The Three Graces
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| :"Who it was who first represented the Graces [[Female nudity|naked]], whether in sculpture or in painting, I could not discover. During the earlier period, certainly, sculptors and painters alike represented them draped ... but later artists, I do not know the [[Pretexts for nudity in art|reason]], have changed the way of portraying them. Certainly to-day sculptors and painters represent Graces naked." | :"Who it was who first represented the Graces [[Female nudity|naked]], whether in sculpture or in painting, I could not discover. During the earlier period, certainly, sculptors and painters alike represented them draped ... but later artists, I do not know the [[Pretexts for nudity in art|reason]], have changed the way of portraying them. Certainly to-day sculptors and painters represent Graces naked." | ||
| - | In [[Renaissance]] times, the Roman statue group of the three graces in the [[Piccolomini]] library in [[Duomo di Siena]] inspired most themes. The Charites are depicted together with several other mythological figures in [[Sandro Botticelli]]'s painting ''[[Primavera (Botticelli)|Primavera]]'' (''above right''). [[Raphael]] also pictured them in a [[Three Graces (Raphael)|painting]] now housed in [[Chantilly, Oise|Chantilly]] in [[France]]. Among other artistic depictions, they are the subject of famous sculptures by [[The Three Graces|Antonio Canova]] and [[Bertel Thorvaldsen]]. | + | In [[Renaissance art]], the Roman statue group of the three graces in the [[Piccolomini]] library in [[Duomo di Siena]] inspired most themes. The Charites are depicted together with several other mythological figures in [[Sandro Botticelli]]'s painting ''[[Primavera (Botticelli)|Primavera]]'' (''above right''). [[Raphael]] also pictured them in a [[Three Graces (Raphael)|painting]] now housed in [[Chantilly, Oise|Chantilly]] in [[France]]. Among other artistic depictions, they are the subject of famous sculptures by [[The Three Graces|Antonio Canova]] and [[Bertel Thorvaldsen]]. |
| A group of three trees in the [[Calaveras Big Trees State Park]] are named "The Three Graces" after the Charites. | A group of three trees in the [[Calaveras Big Trees State Park]] are named "The Three Graces" after the Charites. | ||
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On the representation of the Graces, Pausanias wrote,
- "Who it was who first represented the Graces naked, whether in sculpture or in painting, I could not discover. During the earlier period, certainly, sculptors and painters alike represented them draped ... but later artists, I do not know the reason, have changed the way of portraying them. Certainly to-day sculptors and painters represent Graces naked."
In Renaissance art, the Roman statue group of the three graces in the Piccolomini library in Duomo di Siena inspired most themes. The Charites are depicted together with several other mythological figures in Sandro Botticelli's painting Primavera (above right). Raphael also pictured them in a painting now housed in Chantilly in France. Among other artistic depictions, they are the subject of famous sculptures by Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen.
A group of three trees in the Calaveras Big Trees State Park are named "The Three Graces" after the Charites.
- List of artwork with images resembling encircled graces
- Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1348-50) Allegory of Good Government [1]
- Cosimo Tura (1476-84) detail of Allegory of April [2]
- Sandro Botticelli (1482); detail of Primavera; [3]
- Antonio da Correggio (1518); [4]
- Raphael Sanzio [5]
- Jacopo Pontormo (1535) [6]
- Hans Baldung Grien (1540)
- Jaques Blanchard (1631-33) Man surprising Sleeping Venus and Graces[7]
- Peter Paul Rubens [8]
- Cezanne
- Antonio Canova (1799) The Three Graces [9]
- Joel-Peter Witkin
- Jean Arp (September 16, 1886 – June 7, 1966) The Three Graces (1961)
See also
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