Pygmalion1.0153

Pygmalion1.0153_Normand

OGCMA s.v. "Pygmalion"
Classical Sources:
Ovid Met. 10.243-98
Apollodorus Libr. 3.14.3

Ernest Normand, 1857-1923, "Pygmalion and Galatea," painting, exhibited 1886. Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, Merseyside, U.K.

The moment of vivification is shown in Normand's subtle shading of marble lower extremities and flesh-tones above, a motif common since Raoux (1717).

The image at right is derived from Wikipedia Commons, which asserts the artist's work to be in the public domain.

Pygmalion worshipping his living statue, Galatea, in an ancient Roman-style interior.

(Moog-Gruenewald s.v. "Pygmalion" 584)

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 forThe 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.