A reflection about the Mother Goddess – the primordial divinity since the dawn of Human History. By Yolanda Silva Yolanda collaborates with tCitaliarestauro.com in the areas of Art Analysis and Iconography. Several published works in the same areas. The Mother Goddess In …
Urania was the Muse of Astronomy and Astrology. She was also considered the Muse of Mathematics and of all the exact sciences Allegorical Portrait of Urania, Muse of Astronomy by Louis Tocqué. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allegorical_Portrait_of_Urania,_Muse_of_Astronomy_by_Louis_Tocqu%C3%A9.jpg?uselang=pt Urania | Astronomy and Astrology She …
Terpsichore | the muse of dance Cubley as Terpsichore, Angelika Kauffmann, unknown date https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cubley_as_Terpsichore_by_Angelica_Kauffmann.jpg?uselang=pt Terpsichore | the Dance Her name literally means the one who delights in dance. Represented sitting with a lyre She was seen as the mother of …
Thalia is the greek muse of comedy. Thalia, Muse of Comedy, Jean Marc Nattier, 1739, Mildred Anna Williams Collection https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thalia.jpg Thalia: The Comedy She was the Festive Represented with a comic mask, and may still use a crown of ivy The Muses …
Polyhymnia is the greek muse of Sacred Poetry (hymns). Muse Polyhymnia, by Le Sueur, 1652-1655 Eustache Le Sueur- Musée du Louvre, Paris https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polimnia#/media/File:Muse_Polyhymnia,_by_Eustache_Le_Sueur Polyhymnia | Sacred Poetry (hymns) Muse of sacred poetry, Also considered muse of geometry, meditation and agriculture Thoughtful, wearing tunic and …
Melpomene is the greek muse of tragedy. Gustave Moreau, Hésiode et la Muse, 1891, Musée d’Orsay https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Moreau,_Gustave_-_H%C3%A9siode_et_la_Muse_-_1891.jpg Melpómene: the Tragedy The one that is melodious Despite her cheerful singing, she sings tragedy Represented with a tragic mask, leather boots and knife …
Euterpe the greek muse for music Euterpe , Giuseppe Fagnani, 1869, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euterpe_by_Giuseppe_Fagnani.jpg Euterpe – the Music Her name means the Giver of Pleasure Linked to music, it is represented with the flute At the …
Erato at Her Lyre, John Godward (1861-1922) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godward-Erato_at_Her_Lyre.jpg Erato: Muse of Lyric or Erotic Poetry Her name means lovely She made those who were guided by her to be wanted and worthy of being loved Represented …
Clio – Pierre Mignard, 1689, oil on canvas, Budapeste Museum, https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Clio-Mignard.jpg Clio |Goddess of Memory, Muse of History and Creativity Generally attends political relations between nations and men Represented crowned with laurels, with a trumpet in her left hand and on the …
Calliope, por Simon Vouet, detail The Muses Urania and Calliope, oil on canvas, about 1634 https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Calliope.jpg Calliope, muse of eloquence and heroic poetry Also associated with science in general and with eloquence Represented crowned with laurel wreaths, head …