"if i was orpheus i would simply not turn around" yes you would. if you were orpheus and you loved eurydice, you would. to love someone is to turn around. to love someone is to look at them. whicheve…
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875), Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, 1861, oil on canvas, 112.3 x 137.1 cm. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston @MFAH #CamilleCorot #Orpheus #GreekMythology #OldPaintings #ClassicArt #ArtLovers #MysteriousArtCentury
Find out why the ancient Greeks were so fond of love-themed tragedies. Read this article to find out more about the myth behind Hades Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Orpheus and Eurydice ~ A Giclée print on matte canvas of the original painting by Emily Balivet, 2012. With a protective coating, the canvas print measures 11x14 and is stretched on a .75" pine frame. The print is signed, titled and dated on the back and ships flat. After the untimely death of his beloved wife, Eurydice, Orpheus traveled to the underworld to save her. Armed only with his lyre and his voice, his mournful song enchanted and softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone (he was the only person ever to do so). Hades agreed to allow Eurydice to return with him to earth on one condition: he should walk in front of her and not look back until they both had reached the upper world. He set off with Eurydice following, and, in his anxiety, as soon as he reached the upper world, he turned to look at her, forgetting that both needed to be in the upper world, and she vanished for the second time, but now forever. ~All prints are packaged professionally and shipped via Priority mail (within the US) ~Overseas shipping via USPS First Class International ~Shipping discounts on multiple purchases! Please contact me with questions or comments and visit my website www.emilybalivet.com to see my entire portfolio!
You’ll need some tissues on hand for this one.
Figure group, ivory, Orpheus and Eurydice, by Johann Leonhard Baur, Germany (Augsburg), signed and dated 1716
