Showers Of Gold
Today seems like a fine day to examine the rich artistic tradition surrounding the conception of Perseus. Are your umbrellas ready? Good!
It’s a long story, but the short version is: Danaë was locked in a basement by her father (for reasons) but got impregnated anyhow by Zeus, who appeared to her as a shower of gold coins. (Apparently the almighty Zeus had somehow internalized a “chicks dig gold, right?” philosophy of seduction.) The resulting scene has proved to be very popular with artists from every age.
The painting at the top of the post is by Léon François Comerre. This next one is by Alexander Sigov, and the one after that is by Gustav Klimt. At the bottom of the post is artwork from a Greek vase circa 450 BC that’s now in the Louvre.
Similar Sex Blogging:
Shorter URL for sharing: https://www.erosblog.com/?p=17894
[…] artistic tradition surrounding the conception of Perseus. Are your umbrellas ready? Good!” * Showers Of Gold (Eros […]
According to what I have heard, golden showers are still in fashion.
[…] five years ago I offered a quick update on the legend of how Perseus’s mother Danaë got pregnant with him while locked away in a […]
[…] rather more like his vital essences inasmuch as they made the young lady quite preggers. Take another look at those artworks, and this one, dating in one case all the way back to 450 BC, and then come tell me that the […]
[…] years ago, and again last year, I published artwork illustrating the myth of the conception of Perseus, […]