Transcript Download Electra: Artwork through the Ages

Electra
Artwork through the ages
Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon
Oil on canvas
c. 1868-1869
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton
Orestes Pursued
by the Furies
Oil on Canvas
1884
William-Adolphe
Bouguereau
Clytemnestra after the murder
c. 1882
Oil on canvas
John Maler Collier (1850–
1934)
Leda and The Swan
c. 1860
Oil on Canvas
Paul Prosper Tillier
The Love of Paris and
Helen
Oil on canvas
1789
Jacques-Louis David
Photo Credit: Erich
Lessing Culture and
Fine Arts
Achilles Greets the
Ambassadors of
Agamemnon
Oil on Canvas
1800
Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres
Photo Credit: Erich
Lessing
Clytemnestra Hesitating
to Strike Agamemnon in
His Sleep, While
Aegisthus, Her
Accomplice, Presses Her
Oil on Canvas
1817
Pierre Guérin
Photo Credit: Erich
Lessing
Pylades and Orestes
Brought as Victims
Before Iphigenia
Oil on canvas
1766
Benjamin West
Orestes and Electra
School of Pasiteles
40-25 BCE
White Marble Statue
(c) 2006, SCALA, Florence / ART
RESOURCE, N.Y.
Achilles Pursued by
the River God
Xanthus
Oil on Canvas
1831
Frédéric Henri
Schopin
Bibliography
•
•
•
•
•
•
Leighton, Frederic. Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon. 1868-1869.
http://www.frederic-leighton.org. Web. 22 September, 2010.
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe. Orestes Pursued by the Furies. 1884.
ARTstor . Web. 22 Septhember, 2010.
Collier, John Maler. Clytemnestra after the murder. 1882.
http://www.philipresheph.com. Web. 22 September, 2010.
Tillier, Paul Prosper. Leda and The Swan. 1860.
http://www.artchive.com/. Web. 22 September, 2010.
David, Jacques-Louis . The Love of Paris and Helen. 1789. Musée du
Louvre. ARTstor . Web. 22 September, 2010.
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique. Achilles Greets the Ambassadors of
Agamemnon. 1800. Ecole nationale supérieure des
beaux-arts.
ARTstor . Web. 22 Septhember, 2010.
Bibliography
•
Guérin, Pierre . Clytemnestra Hesitating to Strike Agamemnon in His
Sleep, While Aegisthus, Her Accomplice, Presses Her.
1817. Musée du Louvre. ARTstor . Web. 22 September, 2010.
•
West, Benjamin. Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims Before
Iphigenia. 1766. ARTstor . Web. 22 September, 2010.
School of Pasiteles. Orestes and Electra. 40-25 BCE. Museo
archeologico nazionale di Napoli. ARTstor . Web. 22
September, 2010.
Schopin, Frédéric Henri. Achilles Pursued by the River God Xanthus.
1831. Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts.
ARTstor . Web. 22 Septhember, 2010
•
•