CLASSIC 45A Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Museo Del Prado, Paolo Veronese, Cinyras
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10:00 am: venus and adonis, titian, c. 1554, adonis is associated with a ritual to aphrodite, called adonia, he"s sitting, his dogs are accompanying him. Idea is that he"s ready to go and aphrodite is trying to stop him: venus and adonis, paolo veronese, 1582. Madrid, spain: another depiction of the last moment before adonis goes hunting, shows adonis asleep. It"s a peaceful dynamic in comparison to the first: don"t say he"s dead, anticipates his death** Is a premonition of his death that has yet to be depicted: eros" prese(cid:374)(cid:272)e sig(cid:374)ifies it"s a(cid:374) a(cid:373)orous e(cid:374)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ter. The gardens of adonis: a sexual joke (john j. winkler: this is an interesting page to add to the hymn to aphrodite (?, women would place small containers of plants that would sprout quickly and die on rooftops. Mock funeral of adonis: this mocks what happens to adonis.