About 60 results for ‘Pegasus’
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Pegasus
Pegasus is one of the best known fantastical as well as mythological creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine horse, usually depicted as white in colour. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. He was the brother of Chrysaor, born at a single birthing when his mother was decapitated by Perseus. Greco-Roman poets write about his ascent to heaven after his birth and his obeisance to Zeus, king of the gods, who instructed him to bring lightning and thunder from Olympus. Friend of the Muses, Pegasus is the creator of Hippocrene, the fountain on Mt. Helicon. He was captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon near the fountain Peirene with the help of Athena and Poseidon. Pegasus allows the hero to ride him to defeat a monster, the Chimera, before realizing many other exploits. His rider, however, falls off his back trying to reach Mount Olympus. Zeus transformed him into the constellation Pegasus and placed him up in the sky. Hypotheses have been proposed regarding its relationship with the Muses, the gods Athena, Poseidon, Zeus, Apollo, and the hero Perseus. The symbolism of Pegasus varies with time. Symbol of wisdom and especially of fame from the Middle Ages until the Renaissance, he became one symbol of the poetry and the creator of sources in which the poets come to draw inspiration, particularly in the 19th century. Pegasus is the subject of a very rich iconography, especially through the ancient Greek pottery and paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance. Personification of the water, solar myth, or shaman mount, Carl Jung and his followers have seen in Pegasus a profound symbolic esoteric in relation to the spiritual energy that allows to access to the realm of the gods on Mount Olympus. In the 20th and 21st century, he appeared in movies, in fantasy, in video games and in role play, where by extension, the term "pegasus" is often used to refer to any winged horse.
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Statue des Tuileries, place de la Concorde : Mercure (esq...
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Mercury (mythology)
- Paris
- Pegasus
- Statue
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Mercure sur un cheval ailé (esquisse) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Deciduous
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Mercury (mythology)
- Paris
- Pegasus
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- Date:
- 20th century
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REPRESENTATION D'UN OPERA A SCHOENBRUNN.24 JANVIER 1765
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Lyre
- Pegasus
- Poignard
- Sceptre
- Théâtre Lyrique
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LA FONTAINE HYPPOCRENE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Deciduous
- Hippocrene
- Individual
- Pegasus
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peter Paul Rubens
ALLEGORIE DE LA MUSIQUE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apollo
- Comedy
- Hippocrene
- Lyre
- Mask
- Mount Helicon
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- Date:
- 16th century
- 17th century
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RENOMMEE RETENANT PEGASE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Crown (headgear)
- Lyre
- Pegasus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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RENOMMEE RETENANT PEGASE
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Lyre
- Pegasus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre Mignard
Le roi Céphée et la reine Cassiopée remerciant Persée d'a...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Blood
- Cassiopeia (mythology)
- Cepheus, King of Aethiopia
- Coral
- Dragon
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Les Piérides
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Hésiode et les Muses
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Le Poète voyageur
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Andromède
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Dragon
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Pegasus
- Perseus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Etude de cheval ailé (Pégase ?), sur des nuages ?
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Moreau
Etude de composition pour Persée et Andromède
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Dragon
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Littoral zone
- Pegasus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jules-Élie Delaunay
Le plafond du théâtre neuf du Palais de Compiègne
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Persée délivrant Andromède
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Cassiopeia (mythology)
- Cepheus, King of Aethiopia
- Crown (headgear)
- Dragon
- Ethiopia
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Persée délivrant Andromède, avec à leurs côtés Pégase
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Athena
- Cassiopeia (mythology)
- Cepheus, King of Aethiopia
- Crown (headgear)
- Cupid
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Enlèvement d'Europe et Apollon et les Muses sur l'Hélicon
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apollo
- Bull
- Jupiter (mythology)
- Kidnapping
- Nymph
- Pegasus
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- Date:
- 16th century
- 17th century
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Persée venant de délivrer Andromède
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Pegasus
- Perseus
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Persée délivrant Andromède
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Dragon
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Pegasus
- Perseus
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Persée délivrant Andromède
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Cassiopeia (mythology)
- Cepheus, King of Aethiopia
- Dragon
- Equestrianism
- Ethiopia
- …
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- Date:
- 16th century
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