Pedro Molina
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Ref. AG/41: "Αθηνάς Προμάχου" (ATHENA PROMACHOS)
80mm. White Metal
Sculpture: Pedro Fernández
Box Art: Alexandre Cortina
Old Holland and Winsor & Newton oil colours (figure) and enamels on terracotta fragment.
"I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed...."
Homeric Hymns, XXVIII (to Athena)
This is probably the paintwork more personal that I have done up to this moment, since in the drawing of the shield I have wanted to interpret the history of Medusa according to the poem " The Metamorphoses", from Ovid, in which after being beheaded by Perseus she recovers her original appearance: beautiful and young woman. Nevertheless, the motive of the snakes in the hair was too tempting not to draw them.
I felt attracted by the drama of Medusa (in the poetical sense obviously), this is, the punishment like consequence of offending an Olympic God, so I decided to paint an expression that was emphasizing a feeling of sadness and petition simultaneously, as if she was begging the freedom of her captivity of Athena's shield. I wanted to hear her crying!
And for it, I have tried that she is looking directly at the Goddess to create a certain interaction between both personages, though Athena's attention and her owl (the animal dedicated to the Goddess) are completely foreign to her weeping....
We must not offend the Gods!!!
In spite of my licenses, I hope that you like it
Alexandre Cortina.
80mm. White Metal
Sculpture: Pedro Fernández
Box Art: Alexandre Cortina
Old Holland and Winsor & Newton oil colours (figure) and enamels on terracotta fragment.
"I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed...."
Homeric Hymns, XXVIII (to Athena)
This is probably the paintwork more personal that I have done up to this moment, since in the drawing of the shield I have wanted to interpret the history of Medusa according to the poem " The Metamorphoses", from Ovid, in which after being beheaded by Perseus she recovers her original appearance: beautiful and young woman. Nevertheless, the motive of the snakes in the hair was too tempting not to draw them.
I felt attracted by the drama of Medusa (in the poetical sense obviously), this is, the punishment like consequence of offending an Olympic God, so I decided to paint an expression that was emphasizing a feeling of sadness and petition simultaneously, as if she was begging the freedom of her captivity of Athena's shield. I wanted to hear her crying!
And for it, I have tried that she is looking directly at the Goddess to create a certain interaction between both personages, though Athena's attention and her owl (the animal dedicated to the Goddess) are completely foreign to her weeping....
We must not offend the Gods!!!
In spite of my licenses, I hope that you like it
Alexandre Cortina.
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