ARTH 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Procris, Andrea Del Verrocchio, Francesco Del Cossa
16 Nov 2016
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Arth 214 renaissance art; november 16, 2016. During the christian middle ages, christians took ancient texts and made the heroes represent christian strength (fortitude) No paintings of hercules from the ancient world have survived. Apollo: antonio del pollaiuolo, apollo and daphne, c. 1470 (london, national. See kenneth clark"s famous book, the nude: apollo is interfering with daphne, whose father is a river. She is a follower of the hunting and moon goddess, diana. Diana will harshly exclude followers who have sex with men, even if it"s rape. Picture represents cupid who has 2 different arrows. One makes someone fall in love with the next person they see: apollo is struck by this arrow. Daphne is struck by the other arrow, that makes the person repulsed by the next person they see. Apollo chases her so he can rape her. Daphne reaches her father"s river and begs him for help. Daphne is gradually turned into a tree.
