Giorgio de Chirico and the Myth of Ariadne. (Preview).(Brief Article)

From: Artforum International | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

While Renaissance artists frequently depict Ariadne bewailing her abandonment by Theseus on the island of Naxos, Giorgia de Chirico shows the princess fast asleep, just before Bacchus wings in on his chariot to rescue her. She is seen as a life-size antique marble sharply lit in Mediterranean midday sun--the personification of ...

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