⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Treasure: 👉 Danaë - 1907 Artist: 🇦🇹 Gustav Klimt Where:📍#Vienna - Galerie Würthle Photo: 📸@belvederemuseum Tag: 🔑#europe_treasures Family: 👉 @tesori_italiani 👉 @contemporary_treasures 👉 @archaeology.treasures 🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹 Danaë is an oil painting (77x83 cm) by Gustav Klimt, created in 1907. An example of Symbolism, it is housed in the Galerie Würthle in Vienna. Danaë was a popular subject in the early 1900s for many artists; she was used as the quintessential symbol of divine love, and transcendence. While imprisoned by her father, King of Argos, in a tower of bronze, Danaë was visited by Zeus, symbolized here as the golden rain flowing between her legs. It is apparent from the subject's face that she is aroused by the golden stream. In this work, she is curled in a royal purple veil which refers to her imperial lineage. Sometime after her celestial visitation she gave birth to a son, Perseus, who is cited later in Greek mythology for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda. 🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹 ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀🏛 Share our Wonderful Heritage 🏛 🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹 #oilpainting #europeanart #artists #artwork🎨 #paintings #austrian #cuadros #cuadro #austrianart #gustaveklimt #artiste #painting #austria #belvederemuseum #österreich #osterreich #historyofart #beniculturali30 #museum #klimt #thekiss #europeart #pintor #artaustria #dipinto #peintre #peinture

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