„Odyssey“ by Homer. Odyssey returned home after the Trojan War
and met cyclops Polyphemus, who was a son of Poseidon. Polyphemus ate several sailors, but clever Odyssey burned out his only eye. Sailing away Odyssey derided the beaten enemy.
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The are three mythological details on this pucture.
the
figure of the cyclops Apollo´s hoarses seamaids
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the cyclops silhouette is painted blurred (размыто) so
it can be misinterpreted as a cloud
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we can see some hoarses silhouettes. It means
Apollo riding in the chariot through the sky. It
embodies sunrise.
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The light figures near the ship are seamaids,
mythological figures, too.
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Turner painted this picture after his visiting Italia
that´s why we can see the influence of the
italien painters here. e.g. masterful colour effects light and shade effects
These effects become more important than the characters themselfs.