FCS195H1 Lecture 6: Feb 10 – Baudelaire – FCS195
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Feb 10 baudelaire fcs195: oedipus and the sphinx 1864 fragments of bodies sphinx has torn to pieces. King of thebes (ancient greek mythology), has to answer riddle to save his people. Notice the foreground: jupiter and semele (1895) Here maybe even more than elsewhere, the antithesis of realism, Jupiter is known for his dalliances with other women, outside of his wife. Hera, or juno (roman), decides she is login to destroy semele. Comes dressed as old peasant women in village and comes to. Hera asks semele how she knows that jupiter is really a god and not just some random guy. Semele says to jupiter, i want you to prove you"re a god. Jupiter, says you don"t really want to see that, and semele claims that he"s trying to get out of it. So jupiter throws his divine presence with his thunder, and then kills semele. Impressionsim:1870s and 1880s, associated with: claudet monet, edgar.
