A STROKE OF MYTHS

Welcome The Greek Artistry! Feast Your Eyes On These Absolutely Prominent Tales Behind Every Painting.

- ISHITA KAMRA

There are millions of paintings sketched on a daily basis but there are only a few that create lasting impressions in our soul. Artists often depict the feelings of the whole world in one picture. The only thing you have to do is to analyze and feel the impressions of the paintings. Paintings are being drawn since ancient times and are still unexplored. In fact, characters from classical Greek and Roman mythology have an inescapable presence in architecture and culture. The stories of these gods, goddesses, heroes and anti-heroes have been continually retold and reinterpreted in novels, poems, plays, music and in every type of visual art throughout centuries. From ancient Greek mythology paintings and sculptures to contemporary art artists have had a fundamental influence on the diffusion and perception of Greek mythology through subsequent centuries. With the classical antiquity, let’s learn about some of the most famous Greek paintings.

1. RAPHAEL - THE TRIUMPH OF GALATEA