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2. Art in Detail
Pygmalion and Galatea
(Famous Paintings)

3. The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is an enchanting myth about a sculptor who fell in love with his own sculpture.
He prays to goddess Aphrodite to bring the sculpture to life for it to be his wife.
The goddess grants his wish ...
The myth was turned into an erotic novelette when Ovid adapted the story in his Metamorphosis.
But even this perfumed version gives away the inconspicuous hope of an artist that his creation might
spring to life one day and so been inspiring many since its Ancient Greek origin.

5. GÉRÔME, Jean-Léon
Pygmalion and Galatea

6. GÉRÔME, Jean-Léon
Pygmalion and Galatea
1890
Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 68.6 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City

12. PÉCHEUX, Laurent
Pygmalion and Galatea

13. PÉCHEUX, Laurent
Pygmalion and Galatea
1784
Oil on canvas, 132x107 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

18. BRONZINO, Agnolo
Pygmalion and Galatea

19. BRONZINO, Agnolo
Pygmalion and Galatea
1529-32
Oil on panel, 81 x 63 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

23. LAGRENÉE, Jean-Jacques
Pygmalion and his Statue

24. LAGRENÉE, Jean-Jacques
Pygmalion and his Statue
1777
oil on canvas, 104 x 86 cm
Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki

31. Burne-Jones, Edward
Pygmalion and the Image

32. On the island of Cyprus, womens called Propoetides, rather uppity, they refuse to acknowledge that Aphrodite is a
goddess.
Aphrodite as punishment it robs them of their sense of shame, and … they begin to prostitute themselves.

33. Burne-Jones, Edward
Pygmalion and the Image - The Heart Desires
1878
Oil on canvas, 763 x 990 mm
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

37. The sculptor Pygmalion sees these women doing their thing vows to ignore all women forever.
Without a girlfriend, Pygmalion has a lot of time, to stave off boredom, makes an ivory statue of his ideal woman.

38. Burne-Jones, Edward
Pygmalion and the Image - The Hand Refrains
1878
Oil on canvas, 763 x 987 mm
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

40. The brilliant sculptor that he is, Pygmalion produces a statue that is extremely lifelike and super-hot.
So hot, actually, that he begins to fall in love with it.

43. At the festival in honor of Aphrodite, Pygmalion he prays that the goddess will give him a wife just like his statue.
Aphrodite is pretty clever, she knows that Pygmalion just wants his statue to be alive.

44. Burne-Jones, Edward
Pygmalion and the Image - The Godhead Fires
Oil on canvas,1168 x 1437 mm
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

48. Aphrodite discovers that the statue looks just like her, and she's so flattered that she decides to make Pygmalion's wish come true.
... Pygmalion kisses the statue ... instead of being cold and hard, her lips are soft and red!

49. Burne-Jones, Edward
Pygmalion and the Image - The Soul Attains
Oil on canvas, 766 x 994 mm
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

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