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Keywords: Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World.jpg en Heemskerck painted this homage to ancient art in Rome where he traveled to study antiquities as well as the work of contemporary masters such as Michelangelo 1475-1564 16th- or 17th-century Europeans could call on this celebration of ancient ingenuity to validate their own In 1535 when Heemskerck painted this panorama to complement Cardinal Ridolfo Pio's famous collection of antiquities scholars were still disputing which of these monuments were the most marvelous Heemskerck's interpretation of the narrative the abduction of Helen queen of the Greek city-state Sparta by Paris a prince of Troy in Asian Minor an epic that stretches across the ancient world to Rome itself was influenced by versions of the story that set events among the marvels of heroic achievements of the ancient world This luminous panorama is one of the most famous Northern landscapes of the 1500s; its array of ancient marvels and evidence of antiquity's greatness provided a picture-puzzle for the viewer challenging him to locate and identify the pieces In Greek and Roman literature a rainbow was evidence that the messenger goddess Iris identified by her multicolored mantle was on her way to deliver a message In this story she alerted Helen's husband Menelaus who was away from home when the abduction took place 1535 Renaissance http //art thewalters org/detail/21286/panorama-with-the-abduction-of-helen-amidst-the-wonders-of-the-ancient-world/ Maerten van Heemskerck Dutch 1498-1574 Artist PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Trojan war Uncategorized 2014 September 2
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