The Bankfield Museum in Halifax has a room - the Marble Gallery - full of statues and classical imagery. I was intrigued by this sculpture, a classical Greek mythology statue of a woman... a goddess perhaps, (whose foot you can just see). I didn't take too much notice of it really but happened to see at its base this cupid, apparently snogging another! (Or maybe doing CPR?) I rather liked it and took a quick snap just for fun. I still rather like it... but I now wish I'd taken more notice of the whole piece (not that it appeared to have any explanatory label). Because the second little person underneath doesn't appear to be a cupid, so I'm wondering if it is actually the story of Cupid and Psyche - and the woman standing is Venus?
For a (rather hilarious) quick round-up of that story, please see HERE.
Whether I'm right or wrong, I think I'm going to have to go back and take another look!
Whatever was going on in those classical minds? They certainly came up with some weird stuff.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of CPR. ;-)
ReplyDeleteCupid and Psyche would fit.
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