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Myth, Culture, and the Eternal Figure

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Myth, Culture, and the Eternal Figure

Atlas and Prometheus

“Atlas and Prometheus” Date unknown

Peter Paul Rubens“Prometheus Bound” 1612

Heinrich Fueger“Prometheus Bringing Fire to Humanity”1817

Paul ManshipPrometheus Stealing Fire 1932

Willem de Kooning

“Prometheus” 1962

“Atlas” 1932

Zlitan Mosaic depicting Gladiators c. AD 200 Lybia

Gerome “Pollice Verso” 1872 at the Phoenix Art Museum

Detail of Gerome “Pollice Verso”

Phillip Guston “Gladiators” 1940

Detail of “Gladiators”

Frank Lobdell

“Gladiator” 1970

Cycladic Figurine

3300-2200 BC

Alexandros of Antioch“Venus de Milo” 130-100 BC

Constantine Brancusi “Sleeping Muse” 1909

Alberto Giacametti

“Walking Woman” 1960

Nathan Oliveira, “Standing Figure,”

1970, Oil on canvas,

78 x 60in