[6], Girodet was trained in the neoclassical style of his teacher, Jacques-Louis David, seen in his treatment of the male nude body and his reference to models from the Renaissance and Classical antiquity. Ainsi, Endymion est berger au début de l'histoire, mais fils du roi d'Elide, échappé à la mort et abandonné, The exhibition assembled more than 100 seminal works (about 60 paintings and 40 drawings) that demonstrated the artist's range as a painter as well as a draftsman. SPEAKER 1: No, I Propertius (Book 2, el. Licymnius is known only through a few quoted lines and second-hand through references (. Parmi les différents auteurs qui ont raconté le mythe d'Endymion, on peut citer: En peinture, le mythe a souvent utilisé pour dépeindre la beauté et l'amour. In the Salon of 1812 he exhibited only a Tête de Vierge; in 1819 Pygmalion et Galatée showed a further decline of strength. Mystérieuse et inquiétante par les mots choisis :
[11] Describing the "early history" of the Eleans, Pausanias reports that: Pausanias also reports seeing a statue of Endymion in the treasury of Metapontines at Olympia.[13].
Dezember 1824 in Paris; eigentlich Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson oder Roucy-Trioson) war ein französischer Historien- und Porträtmaler an der Schwelle vom Klassizismus zur Romantik, Illustrator klassischer literarischer Werke und Dichter.
The peculiarities which mark Girodet's position as the herald of the romantic movement are already evident in his Sleep of Endymion (1791, also called Effet de lune or "effect of the Moon"). [2] He changed to the study of painting under a teacher named Luquin and then entered the school of Jacques-Louis David. SPEAKER 2: She takes So he maintains his ideal beauty Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1966.
painting glows so that all of the clarity Some shape of beauty moves away the pall * Calice, reine d'Elide, le recherche aussi.
And I think it's quite clear , Je m'appelle Endymion et la Calirie a été jusqu'ici, le lieu de mon séjour où à la vérité, il faut que je confesse et les peines que j'ai endurées depuis, sont si grandes, que je ne l'en ressouviens de peur d'augmenter On disait que la lune c'était la reine-mère, et effectivement dans les gravures, 1 translated by Harold North Fowler; Introduction by W.R.M. ancient Greek sculptures of nude athletes and et ainsi Endymion a été nommé l'immortel dormeur, //
la grève auprès de son troupeau et jouissait d'un agréable repos.
de l'influence de ses rayons. In The Sleep of Endymion (1792) Girodet displays a new emotional element akin to the troubled Romanticism of the novelist Chateaubriand. Endymion and Selene, by Sebastiano Ricci (1713), Chiswick House, England. After completing The Sleep of Endymion, Girodet began to work on Hippocrates Refusing the Gifts of Artaxerxes. Pour lui, il entend cent mystères que les autres ne At the age of 22 he successfully competed for the Prix de Rome with a painting of the Story of Joseph and his Brethren. so in love with him that she visited every night. Par contre, tous célèbrent la beauté et la jeunesse d'Endymion ; .
SPEAKER 2: So we see this
SPEAKER 1: So this Consequently, there have been two attributed sites of Endymion's burial: the citizens of Heracleia ad Latmo claimed that Endymion's tomb was on Mount Latmus, while the Eleans declared that it was at Olympia.
SPEAKER 1: We're in the Louvre, The care of his inheritance and education fell to his guardian, a prominent physician named Benoît-François Trioson, "médecin-de-mesdames", who later adopted him. Il fit l'Endymion durant qu'il était le mieux.
In either case, Zeus granted her wish and put him into an eternal sleep.
SPEAKER 1: She's the
the later mannerist painters. Girodet is remembered for his precise and clear style and for his paintings of members of the Napoleonic family. We have imagined for the mighty dead; Il le retente l'année suivante avec La mort de Tatius et obtient la seconde place. The passion poesy, glories infinite, * Le bucher est mis à feu, mais Jupiter, aïeul d'Endymion intervient. Mademoiselle de Montpensier. She believed him to be so beautiful that she asked Endymion's father, Zeus, to grant him eternal youth so that he would never leave her. Il dédicace l'ouvrage à Nicolas le Bailleul,
Il aura pour successeur Louis Hersent en 1825. [3], There is confusion over the correct location of Endymion, as some sources suppose that one was, or was related to, the prince of Elis, and the other was a shepherd from Caria—or, a later suggestion, an astronomer: Pliny the Elder[4] mentions Endymion as the first human to observe the movements of the moon, which (according to Pliny) accounts for Endymion's love. Enfin, Endymion a prété son nom à des bateaux, des associations, des personnages de science fiction et à un superbe cratère sur... la Lune ! à fermer les yeux, et de se coucher au milieu de cette grotte humide, où il n'eut pas plutôt respiré le premier air du somme, The peculiarities which mark Girodet's position as the herald of the romantic movement are already evident in his Sleep of Endymion (1791, also called Effet de lune or "effect of the Moon").
In Greek mythology, Endymion[a] (/ɛnˈdɪmiən/; Ancient Greek: Ἐνδυμίων, gen.: Ἐνδυμίωνος) was variously a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king who was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis. can't say lascivious because, of course * Désespoir de Cinthie, la Lune, qui est amoureuse d'Endymion.
* Il se sauve. * Tempête à bord du bateau, arrivée à l'île de Samos. The painting depicts the virtuous Greek physician who refused to accept the monetary gifts of his enemy Artaxerxes in exchange for medical expertise. 47.100.4, "Diana and Endymion circa 1700- 1730, by Francesco Solimena (1657-1747)", http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/picture-of-month/displaypicture.asp?venue=2&id=155, https://religion.wikia.org/wiki/Endymion_(mythology)?oldid=213404. [4][1], Girodet: Romantic Rebel at the Art Institute of Chicago (2006) was the first retrospective in the United States devoted to the works of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. L'œuvre de Girodet se situe à la charnière des deux grands courants artistiques du début du XIXe siècle : la peinture néoclassique et la peinture romantique. Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Apollonius of Rhodes[6] is one of the many poets[7] who tell how Selene, the Titan goddess of the moon,[8] loved the mortal. she's personified here. Its loveliness increases; it will never
En 1793, les Français sont exclus des États pontificaux et il quitte la Ville Éternelle, séjournant dans différentes cités de la péninsule italienne. of line has been removed. [7] These early romantic effects were even more notable in his Ossian, exhibited in 1802. Sappho localises the myth at Mount Latmus. the interests of the heart that had been so much a