About 6 results for ‘Mount Parnassus’
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Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus, also Parnassos, is a mountain of limestone in central Greece that towers above Delphi, north of the Gulf of Corinth, and offers scenic views of the surrounding olive groves and countryside. According to Greek mythology, this mountain was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs, and the home of the Muses. The mountain was also favored by the Dorians. There is a theory that Parna- derived from the same root as the word in Luwian meaning House.
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Danse sur le Parnasse
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dress
- Folk dance
- Mount Parnassus
- Mountain
- Symbol
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Raphael
Sept poètes laurés et une autre figure : figures du Parnasse
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Mount Parnassus
- Poet
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Raphael
Le Parnasse
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apollo
- Mount Parnassus
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gobelins Manufactory
- Raphael
Les chambres du Vatican (3e tenture sans or) : Le Parnasse
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- Field(s):
- Tapestry
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apollo
- Crown (headgear)
- Mount Parnassus
- Mountain
- Poet
- Spring (hydrology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Le Parnasse : Apollon et les muses
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- Field(s):
- Tapestry
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apollo
- Crown (headgear)
- Mount Parnassus
- Mountain
- Poet
- Spring (hydrology)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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