Editing Hercules (section)

===In art===
In Roman works of art and in Renaissance and post-Renaissance art, Hercules can be identified by his attributes, the [[Nemean Lion|lion skin]] and the gnarled [[Club (weapon)|club]] (his favorite weapon); in [[mosaic]] he is shown tanned bronze, a virile aspect.<ref>''Hercules'' almost suggests "Hero". The Classical and Hellenistic convention in frescoes and mosaics, adopted by the Romans, is to show women as pale-skinned and men as tanned dark from their outdoor arena of action and exercising in the [[gymnasium (ancient Greece)|gymnasium]].(See also [http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/RomanAfrica2/pompei%26herc1.jpg Reed.edu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506182021/http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/RomanAfrica2/pompei%26herc1.jpg |date=2006-05-06 }}, jpg file. [http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/RomanAfrica2/#Subject Reed.edu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823062542/http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/RomanAfrica2/#Subject |date=2006-08-23 }}, subject).</ref>

In the twentieth century, the ''[[Farnese Hercules]]'' has inspired artists such as [[Jeff Koons]], [[Matthew Darbyshire]] and [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] to reinterpret Hercules for new audiences.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Hinds|first=Aimee|title=Hercules in White: Classical Reception, Art and Myth|url=https://www.thejugaadproject.pub/home/hercules-in-white-classical-reception-art-and-myth|access-date=2020-10-22|website=The Jugaad Project|date=23 June 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> The choice of deliberately white materials by Koons and Darbyshire has been interpreted as perpetuation of colourism in how the classical world is viewed.<ref name=":3" /> Mapplethorpe's work with black model Derrick Cross can be seen as a reaction to Neo-classical colourism, resisting the portrayal of Hercules as white.<ref name=":3" />