Furies1.0019VonStuck

Furies1.0019_VonStuck

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ClCv241

Mastery

MythMatters

ArtMagick.com
Ovid Met.

Franz Von Stuck, "The Murderer," 1891, private collection

Reid cites Voss 1973, no. 54

Alissa Frese F2011, thanks.

Two nude women in dark skirts watch a male figure reflected in water, one holding the other's hand, against a dark backdrop

"The initial appearance of the Furies in "the Murderer" is classical, but the subtle differences Franz Von Stuck has included sends a message of transition form the traditional to the modern. He has captured the essence of Art Nouveau in his painting." A. Frese

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.