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Clio, Muse of History is a painting by the baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. It was painted around 1632, just after Artemisia had moved to Naples. It currently hangs in the Palazzo Blu, Pisa. [1] The painting has been interpreted in relationship to Gentileschi's own career and self-image - "by including her signature in Clio's open book ...
Hymenaeus, Hyacinthus. Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved at the Ghent University Library. [1] In Greek mythology, Clio ( traditionally / ˈklaɪoʊ /, [2] but now more frequently / ˈkliːoʊ /; Greek: Κλειώ ), also spelled Kleio, [3] is the muse of history, [4] or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre ...
GENTILESCHI, Artemisia. (b. 1593, Roma, d. ca. 1653, Napoli) Clio, the Muse of History 1632 Oil on canvas, 128 x 97 cm Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa, Pisa. The book on the table contains an inscription that bears Artemisia's signature and the date 1632, along with a dedication. One end of the book may have been cut off during restoration in the ...
Muses. Muse, perhaps Clio, reading a scroll (Attic red-figure lekythos, Boeotia, c. 430 BC) In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, romanized : Moûsai, Greek: Μούσες, romanized : Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the ...
Muses. He is surrounded by the muses Clio and Melpomene: Clio, the muse of history, is placed on the left of the poet and shown reading, while Melpomene, the muse of tragedy, is holding a tragic mask. Interpretation. The work is the oldest known representation of the poet to date.
Clio. Artist. Hendrik Goltzius. Year. 1592. Daniel Chester French 's 1884 John Harvard, a book on his lap and two more (unseen) on the floor to his right, "raises his contemplative eye to the spaces of all wisdom." [1] Hendrik Goltzius ' engraving of Clio is the fourth in his series on the nine Muses, and was executed in 1592.
In many jurisdictions, faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are not copyrightable. The Wikimedia Foundation's position is that these works are not copyrightable in the United States (see Commons:Reuse of PD-Art photographs).
Above the door leading into the Rotunda is the Car of History by Carlo Franzoni. This neoclassical marble sculpture depicts Clio, the Muse of History, riding in the chariot of Time and recording events in the chamber below. The wheel of the chariot contains the chamber clock; the works are by Simon Willard. History