Editing Andromeda (mythology) (section)

== In art ==

=== Merged traditions ===

The legend of [[Saint George and the Dragon]], in which a courageous [[knight]] rescues a princess from a monster (with clear parallels to the Andromeda myth), became a popular subject for art in the [[Late Middle Ages]], and artists drew from both traditions. One result is that Perseus is often shown with the flying horse [[Pegasus]] when fighting the sea monster, even though classical sources consistently state that he flew using [[winged sandals]].<ref name="Whatley 2004">{{cite book |url=http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/whatley-saints-lives-in-middle-english-collections-st-george-and-the-dragon |chapter=St. George and the Dragon: Introduction |editor1=Whatley, E. Gordon |editor2=Thompson, Anne B. Thompson |editor3=Upchurch, Robert K. |title=Saints' Lives in Middle Spanish Collections |year=2004 |publisher=Medieval Institute Publications |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |isbn=978-1-5804-4089-9 }}</ref>

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File:I.7.7 Pompeii. 1968. West wall of triclinium with wall painting of Perseus freeing Andromeda. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.jpg|Classical Roman fresco from [[Pompeii]] (before 79 AD) of Perseus, wearing [[winged sandals]], flying in to free Andromeda<ref name="Whatley 2004"/>
File:Paolo Uccello 047b.jpg|[[Paolo Uccello]]'s 1470 ''[[Saint George and the Dragon (Uccello)|Saint George and the Dragon]]'', illustrating a separate legend that became confused with the story of Perseus and Andromeda, introducing a horse for the hero<ref name="Whatley 2004"/>
File:Piero di Cosimo - Liberazione di Andromeda - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Piero di Cosimo]], ''[[Perseus Freeing Andromeda]]'', {{c.|1510}}. The hero is depicted with winged sandals, while Andromeda is clothed, unlike in many later paintings. 
File:D'arpino-Andromède.jpg|[[Giuseppe Cesari]], ''Perseus and Andromeda'', 1602. The hero is shown riding [[Pegasus]], the flying horse, in a departure from classical myth.<ref name="Whatley 2004"/>
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=== Idealized beauty to realism ===

Andromeda, and her role in the popular myth of Perseus, has been the subject of numerous ancient and modern works of art, where she is represented as a bound and helpless, typically beautiful, young woman placed in terrible danger, who must be saved through the unswerving courage of a hero who loves her. She is often shown, as by [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]], with Perseus and the flying horse Pegasus at the moment she is freed.<ref name="Grafton Pegasus">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Baumbach |first=Manuel |title=Pegasus |encyclopedia=The Classical Tradition |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |editor1=Grafton, Anthony |editor2=Most, Glenn W. |editor3=Settis, Salvatore |year=2010 |page=699 }}</ref> [[Rembrandt]], in contrast, [[Andromeda Chained to the Rocks|shows a suffering Andromeda]], frightened and alone. She is depicted naturalistically, exemplifying the painter's rejection of idealized beauty.<ref name="Clark 1966">{{cite book |last=Clark |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Clark |title=Rembrandt and the Italian Renaissance |publisher=[[New York University Press]] |year=1966 |page=11}}</ref> [[Frederic, Lord Leighton]]'s Gothic style 1891 ''[[Perseus and Andromeda (Leighton)|Perseus and Andromeda]]'' painting presents the white body of Andromeda in pure and untouched innocence, indicating an unfair sacrifice for a divine punishment that was not directed towards her, but to her mother. Pegasus and Perseus are surrounded by a [[halo (religious iconography)|halo]] of light that connects them visually to the white body of the princess.<ref name="Leighton Loggia">{{cite web |url=http://www.loggia.com/art/19th/leighton15.html |title=andromeda |website=Loggia.com |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414111059/http://www.loggia.com/art/19th/leighton15.html |archive-date=14 April 2015 }}</ref>

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File:Peter Paul Rubens - Perseus and Andromeda (Hermitage Museum).jpg|[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ''Perseus and Andromeda'', {{c.|1622}}, showing the moment that Perseus and Pegasus free Andromeda<ref name="Grafton Pegasus"/>
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 011.jpg|[[Rembrandt]], ''[[Andromeda Chained to the Rocks]]'', 1630, showing Andromeda frightened and alone<ref name="Clark 1966"/>
File:1869 Edward Poynter - Andromeda.jpg|[[Edward Poynter]], ''Andromeda'', 1869, depicted as an idealized beauty
File:Frederic, Lord Leighton - Perseus and Andromeda - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Frederic, Lord Leighton]], ''[[Perseus and Andromeda (Leighton)|Perseus and Andromeda]]'', 1891, showing the punishment as unfair<ref name="Leighton Loggia"/>
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=== Varied materials and approaches ===

Apart from oil on canvas, artists have used a variety of materials to depict the myth of Andromeda, including the sculptor [[Domenico Guidi]]'s marble, and [[François Boucher]]'s etching. In [[modern art]] of the 20th century, artists moved to depict the myth in new ways. [[Félix Vallotton]]'s 1910 ''Perseus Killing the Dragon'' is one of several paintings, such as his 1908 ''The Rape of Europa'', in which the artist depicts human bodies using a harsh light which makes them appear brutal.<ref name="Vallotton.com">{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://felix-vallotton.com/artists_en |website=Félix Vallotton |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>
[[Alexander Liberman]]'s 1962 ''Andromeda'' is a black circle on a white field, transected by purple and dark green [[crescent]] arcs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Liberman: Andromeda: 1962 |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/liberman-andromeda-t00650 |publisher=[[Tate Gallery]] |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>

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File:Andromeda and the Sea Monster MET DP248138.jpg|[[Domenico Guidi]], marble statue ''Andromeda and the Sea Monster'', 1694
File:François Boucher - Andromeda (Andromède) - 2016.7 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif|[[François Boucher]], etching print ''Andromeda'', 1732
File:Félix Vallotton Persée tuant le dragon 1910.JPG|[[Félix Vallotton]], ''Perseus Killing the Dragon'', 1910, in a deliberately harsh light. Oil on canvas<ref name="Vallotton.com"/>
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