This article discusses the visual aspects of the birth of Dionysus/Bacchus,the God of Agriculture,Revelry,and Wine,in classical art.It examines the historical and iconographic aspects of the infant Dionysus’s custody...This article discusses the visual aspects of the birth of Dionysus/Bacchus,the God of Agriculture,Revelry,and Wine,in classical art.It examines the historical and iconographic aspects of the infant Dionysus’s custody by two deities,Silenus and Mercury,in ancient classical art,particularly in Roman frescoes and sculptural reliefs,and its echoes in Italian Renaissance engravings.展开更多
Dick Diver, originally a young and promising doctor and psychoanalyst, is on his way to a glamorous future, but he gradually reduces himself to drinking, cursing and drifting away in the society. Following his life jo...Dick Diver, originally a young and promising doctor and psychoanalyst, is on his way to a glamorous future, but he gradually reduces himself to drinking, cursing and drifting away in the society. Following his life journey—his love, his marriage, his fall and ruin, we readers can easily associate him with some important characters taken from Greek mythology: Apollo, Dionysus and Daedalus.展开更多
文摘This article discusses the visual aspects of the birth of Dionysus/Bacchus,the God of Agriculture,Revelry,and Wine,in classical art.It examines the historical and iconographic aspects of the infant Dionysus’s custody by two deities,Silenus and Mercury,in ancient classical art,particularly in Roman frescoes and sculptural reliefs,and its echoes in Italian Renaissance engravings.
文摘Dick Diver, originally a young and promising doctor and psychoanalyst, is on his way to a glamorous future, but he gradually reduces himself to drinking, cursing and drifting away in the society. Following his life journey—his love, his marriage, his fall and ruin, we readers can easily associate him with some important characters taken from Greek mythology: Apollo, Dionysus and Daedalus.
