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| The Muses | ||
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Mirror of
Venus 1870-76 Edward Burne-Jones |
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The Muses
in the Sacred Wood Maurice Denis |
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The Muses Lucy Wang |
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The
Sacred Forest Beloved by the Arts and Muses (Le Bois Sacre Cher aux Arts et aux Muses) 1883 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C./SuperStock 1158-1172 |
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Dance of Apollo and the Muses Baldassare Peruzzi Corbis AV001279 (RM) Arte & Immagini srl |
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| Individual Muse | ||
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The Muse
of Painting 1870 John La Farge Corbis MA05988A (RM) |
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La
Muse Uranie J. Laurent |
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InspirationEdward
Field Sanford California Palace of the Legion of Honor arttoday.com |
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The Metaphysical Muse Fototeca Storica Nazionale |
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Sleeping Muse
Constantin Brancusi |
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The
Muse
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Muse
Felice Ficherelli |
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| Pegasus | ||
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The Four Muses with Pegas Caesar van Everdingen |
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"The nine Muses playing instruments on Mount Helicon near the
spring of Hippocrene stamped out by Pegasus who flies above, and from
where one of three poets drinks for inspiration. Titlepage to an edition of Pliny's work, 15th century " bridgeman.co.uk 11994 f.3v |
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| Parnassus/Apollo | more on Parnassus | |
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Parnassus Nicholas Poussin Corbis CS003536 (RM) |
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Parnassus
Anton Raphael Mengs |
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Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses
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Athena visits Apollo and
the Muses Bartholomeus Spranger |
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The Muses Leaving Their Father Apollo to Go and Enlighten the World Moreau_Gustav |
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| Hesiod | ||
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Hesoid
and the Muse
Eugene Delacroix, Cupola from ceiling of the Chamber of Deputies at the Palais Bourbon |
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Hesiod
Listening to the Inspiration of the Muse |
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Hesiod and the
Muses Gustave Moreau Musée Gustave Moreau, Paris |
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Inspiration
Gustave 'Moreau bridgeman.co.uk 019590 |
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Hesiod and
the Muse Gustave Moreau Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France muse poem |
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| The Sheppard and Muse | ||
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The Poet Anacreon
with his Muses Norbert Schroedl bridgeman.co.uk Image ID PFA 185626 The poet walking down the road followed by a large group of Muses. Anacreon was know as a follower of the Bacchanal, wine and love. |
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| see also Caedmon under Divine Inspiration | ||
| Others | to sort | |
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Summoning of
the Muse |
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A
Muse Presiding over the Arrangement of a Painting Gallery
Noël Le Mire |
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Lady Byron as St. Catherine Eleanor Needham bridgeman.co.uk 115115 |
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Portrait of Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse Joshua Reynolds Can you turn all experiences into inspiration? Even Tragedy? |
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Les noces du poete avec la muse ou
l'ideal 1902 Carlos Schwabe An ideal such as Justice, Freedom, Liberty, Love, etc can inspire. This painting does a good job of conveying the inspiration of the ideal. |
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The Muses Escaping Violation from King Pyreneus James Thornhill bridgeman.co.uk Image ID BAG 175690 If you try to grab inspiration, it can flee from you like the Muses escaping from King Pyreneus. |
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Four
Muses Dancing Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna Collection of the British Museum |
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The Muse at
Sunrise 1918 Alphonse Osbert |
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| Modern | ||
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Dancing Muses 1996 l.j.dalmolen |
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The Muse 1998 Marja Lee Kru˙t |
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Muses in Blowing Leaves Arthur Rackham |
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Three Muses Lynn Rae Lowe |
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| Physical Locations | ||
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The Room of the Muses |
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Temple of Apollo at
Delphi csun.edu |
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Valley of the Muses | |
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Five of the Nine Muses Caravanserai-tours.com |
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Grove of the Muses on Mount Parnassus Drawing after Stackelberg, early 19th century. From: M. Maas, Das Antike Delphi. Orakel, Schätze, Monumente |
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Mt. Helikon from Osios Loukas |
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Muse Masks Roman and Medieval Art Artist: NA Publisher: Flood & Vincent artoday.com |
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Sarcophagus of the Muses Roman (marble) bridgeman.co.uk 105604 |
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