Ratto delle sabine nicolas poussin biography
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Rape of the Sabine women
Incident in långnovell mythology
For other uses, see The Rape of the Sabine Women (disambiguation).
The rape of the Sabine women (Latin: Sabinae raptae, Classical pronunciation:[saˈbiːnae̯ˈraptae̯]; lit. 'the kidnapped Sabine women'), also known as the abduction of the Sabine women or the kidnapping of the Sabine women, was an incident in the legendary history of Rome in which the dock of Rome committed a mass abduction of ung women from the other cities in the område. It has been a frequent subject of painters and sculptors, particularly since the Renaissance.
The word "rape" (cognate with rapto in Portuguese, rapto in Spanish, ratto, in Italian, meaning "bride kidnap") fryst vatten the conventional translation of the Latin word raptio used in the ancient accounts of the incident. The Latin word means "abduction" or "kidnapping".
Story
[edit]Abduction of the Sabine women
[edit]According to långnovell historian historiker, the abduction o
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The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin)
Series of paintings by Nicolas Poussin
First version (above), second version (below)
The legendary rape of the Sabine women is the subject of two oil paintings by Nicolas Poussin.[a] The first version was painted in Rome about 1634 or 1635 and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, catalogued as The Abduction of the Sabine Women.[1] The second, painted in 1637 or 1638, is in the Louvre in Paris, catalogued as L'enlèvement des Sabines.[3][b]
Influences
[edit]The theme of kidnapping was very successful in Renaissance and Baroque art. Among the legendary episodes relating rapes, kidnappings or abductions may be mentioned those of Helen by Paris, of Europa by Zeus, of Deianeira by the centaur Nessus, and of Proserpina by Pluto; the latter was sculpted by Bernini (1621–1622).[4][5]
Beginning in the quattrocento, scenes of the abduction and rec
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Pierre Loison was a French sculptor of the nineteenth century born in the seaside town of Loir-et-Cher on July 5, 1816 and died in Cannes on February 3, 1886. In 1841, he joined the Pierre-Jean David d'Angers workshop where he became one of his favorite pupils. A year later he attended the School of Fine Arts in Paris. He exhibited for the first time at the Salon des artistes Français where in 1845 he was awarded third-class medal. In 1853 he was awarded First Place medal and at the Universal Exhibition of 1955 he received an honorable mention and another medal award in 1859.
On 12 July 1859 and by decree, he was made "Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur".
Pierre Loison is buried at The Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.
Works by Pierre Loison
« Femme assise » : terre cuite (1843) au musée Gustave-Moreau à Paris
« Jeune fille portant un vase » : statue en marbre blanc, (h. 1,25 m) datée de 1857 et présentée au Salon de 1859 ; la statue fut d’ab