Les trois graces pierre paul rubens biography
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More about The Three Graces
According to WebMD-style art historians one of Rubens' three Graces definitely has cancer.
The three Graces— Aglaea, Thalia, and Euphrosyne— were the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid, Eurynome, signifying splendor, good cheer, and mirth respectively. Though instead of focusing on what these ladies embodied, Rubens was more drawn towards painting their voluptuousnude bodies, thinly veiled by a nothing more than a sheer flimsy fabric, kind of like an earlier version of today’s “naked dress.”
The three sisters live on Mount Olympus where they entertain the gods and goddesses by singing songs and dancing. They also act as attendants to the love gods Aphrodite and Eros. Despite (or is it rather, because of?) their leisurely lifestyle and their supplementary role in Mount Olympus, the Graces are a popular source of inspiration for many different artists, depicted in various sizes and outfits by Antonio Canova and Lucas Cranach the Elder.
In 1966, the
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The Three Graces (Rubens, Madrid)
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The Three Graces (Rubens, Florence)
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