#graces
Ancient Roman marble statue group depicting the three Graces. Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Living a Life of Grace” ~ @dailyom
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“We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcae, but Fashion. She spins and weaves and cuts with full authority. The head monkey at Paris puts on a traveller’s cap, and all the monkeys in America do the same.” (#HenryDavidThoreau 1817-1862, Walden).
“When we accept that we always exist in a state of grace, we are able to live our lives more graciously. Grace exists inside of all of us and around us. It is our inner beauty that radiates outward, touching everyone we meet. It is that unseen hand that comes from the divine, raising us up when we most need it. To be able to live in a state of grace is not based on worthiness, nor is it earned through good deeds, ritual, or sacrifice. Rather it is an unearned favor, freely bestowed and available to all, that is inherent to our birthright. All we must do is open our eyes to its presence and we will find and experience grace everywhere.
Grace is in the rain bringing relief to drought-ridden farms, and the unexpected lead for the perfect job opportunity that comes from a stranger. Grace is what happens to someone when they miraculously escape injury; it is even the simple events that happen to us that we call “good luck,” like when we don’t get a parking ticket after are meter has expired. Grace resides in the #love between two people, the gift or check that comes unexpectedly in the mail, the cozy comforts that make up a home, and in the acts of forgiveness we bestow upon others. It is grace that moves us to go out of our way to help a stranger. Grace is the state we are in when we are doing nothing but just being who we are.
When we accept that we always exist in a state of grace, we are able to live our lives more graciously. Knowing we are graced gives us hope, makes us more generous, and allows us to trust that we are taken care of even when we are going through difficult times. Grace is our benevolence of heart, and our generosity of spirit. Grace is unconditional love and the beauty that is our humanity. When we know that we are blessed with grace, we can’t help but want to live our lives in harmony. “
#Sculpture :
#TheCHARITES (#GRACES). 1711: #AntonioCanova, 1757-1822 (at Copenhagen)
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Was having a shitty evening and then I drew Pascal not even being bothered and then I stopped being bothered.
Here, have a Pascal. Stop being bothered. :D
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Richard’s 5☆ and 6☆ images from the Halloween Costume gacha (October 30, 2021 to November 17, 2021)
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Marble Statue Group of the Three Graces, 2nd century, Roman
[image description: two photos of a statue group of the three graces. all are missing their heads and each only has one remaining arm. all are nude and they lean on each other’s arms and shoulders. two are facing in one direction and the third, standing between them, is facing the other.]
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Aphrodite, Cupid and Ares; Lambert Sustris, 1548-1550
Aphrodite; also known as Cytherea (Lady of Cythera) and Cypris (Lady of Cyprus.)
Origin: Greek mythology.
Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.
Roman equivalent is goddess Venus.
Abode: Mount Olympus.
Symbol: Dolphin, Rose, Scallop Shell, Myrtle, Dove, Sparrow, Girdle, Mirror and Swan, the Sea, pomegranates, sceptres, apples, Rose trees, lime trees, clams, and pearls.
Lovers: Hephaestus, Ares, Poseidon, Hermes, Dionysus, Adonis and Anchises.
Parents: Zeus and Dione.
Siblings: Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis Dionysus, Hebe, Hermes, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Perseus, Minos, the Muses, the Graces, The Tree Nymphs, The Furies and the Gigantes.
Children: Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Pothos, Anteros, Himeros, Hermaphroditos, Rhode, Eryx, Peitho, Eunomia, The Graces, Priapus, Aeneas and Tyche (possibly.)
Like many of the Greek gods and goddesses, there is more than one story about her origins. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, she was born when Cronus cut off Uranus’s genitals and threw them into the sea, and she arose from the sea foam. According to Homer’s Iliad, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. According to Plato (Symposium 180e), the two were entirely separate entities: Aphrodite Ourania and Aphrodite Pandemos.
Due to her beauty, other gods feared that their rivalry over her would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who, because of his ugliness and deformity, was not seen as a threat.
She played a role in the Eros and Psyche legend, and later was both Adonis’ lover and his surrogate mother. Many lesser beings were said to be children of Aphrodite.
Ancient Greeks identified her with the Ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor.
Other names: Acidalia, Cytherea and Cerigo.
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After Ares, I thought it only appropriate to go in the opposite direction and design Aphrodite; goddess of love, pleasure, and fertility. We’ve all seen her depictions coming out of the sea spray on a scallop shell, born from the ocean (and from ouranus’ severed male penis which was cast down into the sea by cronus.)
But I chose to put her lounging at the base of a serene waterfall. It still references her water roots, but it isn’t depicting her birth, per se. She reclines on a swan (early depictions in ancient Greek art show her riding a swan, a symbol of grace and divinity) and underneath is the scallop shell. Aphrodite holds her sacred golden apple in her hand. (the one she won by Paris choosing her in the beauty contest between her, Athena, and Hera.) Upon her head is a golden crown, but more importantly, is her real sacred object; her golden chastity belt, which was said to invoke lust in gods and mortals alike.
Aphrodite’s entourage: Resting upon her arm, is EROS, the winged godling and her companion, (later becoming cupid in roman culture) who whispers sweet sensualities, while a couple EROTES (more winged godlings associated with sex and love) flitter above tossing flower petals. Frolicking at the lower left are three goddesses, the CHARITES (or Graces) who symbolize beauty, dancing and banquets. Swimming atop a dolphin is a NEREID, a reference to Aphrodite’s oceanic roots. and finally, Above right, near the waterfall, are three more goddesses, the HORAI, who represent the seasonal shifts and constellations.
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“Each maiden representing a goddess was accompanied by her own escort … Aphrodite was surrounded by a throng of the happiest children; you would have sworn that those little boys whose skins were smooth and milk-white were genuine Erotes who had just flown in from sky or sea. They looked just he part with their tiny wings, miniature arrows, and the rest of their get-up, as with gleaming torches they lit the way for their mistress as though she were en route to a wedding-banquet. Next floated in charming children, unmarried girls, representing on one side the Kharites at their most graceful, and on the other the Horai in all their beauty. Behind the Kythereia , are Pothos (Desire), to whom nothing is denied, and the soft-lidded Peitho (Persuasion); and Harmonia (Harmony),who been moderately gracious to us all… They were appeasing the goddess by strewing wreaths and single blossoms before her, and they formed a most elegant chorus-line as they sought to please the Mistress of pleasures with the foliage of spring.“
Apuleius, The Golden Ass 10. 30 ff
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