Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each attribute by the deity it identifies.
Groups: Jupiter · Venus · Diana · Mercury
- Eagle, thunderbolt
- Cupid attending
- Caduceus, sandals
- Doves and shell
- Bow in woodland
- Moon and hounds
Hints
- Each deity carries an object referring to a known story or function.
- The crescent moon belongs to the goddess of the hunt and the moon.
Show the answer
Jupiter: Eagle, thunderbolt
Venus: Doves and shell, Cupid attending
Diana: Moon and hounds, Bow in woodland
Mercury: Caduceus, sandals
Why
The system is identical to the saints': an object referring to a known story does the work that individual likeness cannot. Learning both repertoires together is efficient, because they were used side by side by the same painters for the same reason.
Practise Greco-Roman Sources I: the Gods and Their Texts
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More questions on Greco-Roman Sources I: the Gods and Their Texts
- Why do Renaissance mythological paintings use Roman rather than Greek names for the gods?
- Which are reasons patrons commissioned mythological subjects?
- The Ovide moralisé read the Metamorphoses as Christian allegory.
- How many books does Ovid's Metamorphoses contain?
- Complete the account of the classical sources.
- Match each classical text to what painters took from it.
- Arrange the steps of identifying a mythological subject, in order.
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- Homer reached most Renaissance painters directly in the original Greek.