AUGUSTE MOREAU, METAL STATUE SUBJECT, PAN GREEK MYTHOLOGY 19 C. SIGNED
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AUGUSTE MOREAU, METAL STATUE SUBJECT, PAN GREEK MYTHOLOGY 19 C. SIGNED:
$950.00
PAN, BY LOUIS AUGUSTE MOREAU(FRENCH 1855-1919).GREEKMYTHOLOGY
THISIS AN ORIGINAL, BEAUTIFUL FINELY DETAILED CASTING MADE OF METAL / SPELTER WITHA BEAUTIFUL PATINA.
The over all approx size is 21 inches with base and 19inches with out base
7 inches wide by 7 inches deep
Weight is approx. 20 pounds
Beautiful original marble plinth
Thisis not a reproduction
Thecolors in the patina are the metal base and treeis a pale green. pan isflesh tones. the flutes are brass dorie.
ASTHE STORY GOES
PAN was the god of shepherds andhunters, and of the meadows and forests of the mountain wilds. His unseenpresence aroused panic in those who traversed his realm.
Pan idled in the rugged countryside ofArkadia (Arcadia),playing his panpipes and chasingNymphs.One of these,Pitys, fled his advances and was transformedinto a mountain-pine, the god\'s sacred tree. Another,Syrinx,escaped but was turned into a clump of reeds from which Pan crafted his pipes.And a third,Ekho (Echo), was cursed to fade away forspurning the god, leaving behind just a voice to repeat his mountain cries.
Pan was depicted as a man with thehorns, legs and tail of a goat, a thick beard, snub nose and pointed ears. Heoften appears in scenes of the company ofDionysos.
In the classical age the Greeksassociated his name with the wordpanmeaning\"all\". However its true origin lay in an old Arcadian word forrustic.
Pan was closely identified with severalother rustic deities includingAristaios(Aristaeus), the shepherd-god of northern Greece who shared thegod\'s titles of Agreus (Hunter) and Nomios (Shepherd), the pipe-playingPhrygian satyrMarsyaswho challenged Apollon to a musicalcontest, andAigipan (Aegipan), the goat-fish god of theconstellation Capricorn. Sometimes Pan was multiplied into a host ofPanes,or a triad of gods namedAgreus,Nomios, and Phorbas.
The culture ofAncient Greece involved a complex spiritual world of major and minor gods thatoversaw human events and engaged in dramas of their own. One of these, calledPan, ruled over nature and pasturelands. He is frequently depicted inliterature and artworks. Although he is not one of the major gods of AncientGreece, he is one of most often referenced figures in Greek mythology.
Pan isconsidered to be one of the oldest ofGREEK GODS.He is associated with nature, wooded areas, and pasturelands, from which hisname is derived. The worship of Pan began in rustic areas far from thepopulated city centers, and therefore, he did not have large temples built toworship him. Rather, worship of Pan centered in nature, often in caves orgrottos. Pan ruled over shepherds, hunters and rustic music. He was the patrongod of Arcadia.Pan was often in the company of the wood nymphs and other deities of theforest.
Perhapsbecause of his association with nature and animals, Pan did not have theappearance of a normal man. The bottom half of his body was like a goat, withthe top half of his body being like other men. However, he is often depictedwith horns on his head, and his face is usually unattractive.
The parentageof Pan is uncertain. Some accounts say he is the son ofHERMESandDryope, but others say he is the son of ZEUSorthe son of Penelope, wife of Odysseus. The story of his birth says that hismother was so distressed by his unusual appearance that she ran away, but hewas taken to Mount Olympus where he becamethe favorite of the gods.
Like theotherGODS OF OLYMPUS, Pan possessed enormous strength. He couldalso run for long periods of time and was impervious to injury. He couldtransform objects into different forms and was able to teleport himself fromEarth to Mount Olympus and back. He is depicted as veryshrewd with a wonderful sense of humor.
In AncientRoman mythology, aSIMILAR GODis called Faunus.
One storyinvolving Pan is the tale of war, in which Pan helps his friend survive avicious struggle by letting out an immense cry that frightened the enemy andcaused him to run away. From this story, we get the word “panic”, the sudden,uncontrollable fear that leads people into irrational behavior.
Over the ages,Pan has been a symbol of the force of nature. In the 1800s, interest in thismythological figure revived, and communities organized festivals in which Panwas the central figure. Mythical stories of Pan’s antics abound, and hecontinues to be a figure representing the ancient mystery of the forest,hunting activities and wildlife.
Like theOTHER GODSofAncient Greece, Pan embodies many of the qualities of the world over which heruled. He is depicted as energetic, sometimes frightening, with the wild,unbridled creative force of nature that makes him an interesting, and oftenentertaining, character.
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AUGUSTE MOREAU, METAL STATUE SUBJECT, PAN GREEK MYTHOLOGY 19 C. SIGNED:
$950.00