Heracles and music

Author

Voutira, Alexandra Goulaki

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

RIdIM-RCMI newsletter. 1992, Num. 1, Vol. 17, 2-14, 20 ill.

ISSN

0360-8727

Abstract (en)

Traces the iconography of Hercules as a musician, especially playing the lyre, in Greek vase painting, and in ancient gems. Shows how these representations were misunderstood beginning in the Renaissance, when the gems and cameos, which were then in well-known Italian collections, were depicted by various artists who misinterpreted them. Among the artists who made prints after antique cameos were Giovanni Battista Franco and Enea Vico.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration -- Italy
• Hercules
• Iconography
• 1500-1600
• Musicians
• Gems
• Ancient [art]
• Prints
• Vico, Enea, 1523-1567
• Italy

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration -- Italie
• Hercule
• Iconographie
• 1500-1600
• Musiciens
• Gemme
• Antique (art)
• Estampe
• Vico, Enea, 1523-1567
• Italie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00343275

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