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The great wave at Kanagawa.

The great wave at Kanagawa.
This amazing work by K. Hokusai is one of my favourite works of art: vulnerability and strenght; the paradoxical beauty of imminent death and thousands of waves hidden in the foam -perfect example of the fractal nature of the Universe-.

Danae


This amazing work by Klimt portrays Danae in a close embrace with Zeus in the form of a rain of gold.
According to Greek Mythology, Danae was a daughter of King Acrisus of Argos and Eurydice (no relation to Orpheus' Eurydice).

Disappointed by his lack of male heirs, Acrisius asked an oracle if this would change. The oracle told him to go to the Earth's end where he would be killed by his daughter's child. She was childless and, meaning to keep her so, he shut her up in a bronze tower or cave. But Zeus came to her in the form of a beam of sunlight, and impregnated her. Other versions tell of Zeus coming as rain or a shower of gold. Soon after, their child Perseus was born.

None too happy, but unwilling to provoke the wrath of the gods by killing his offspring, Acrisius cast the two into the sea in a wooden chest. The sea was calmed by Poseidon at the request of Zeus and the pair survived. They washed ashore on the island of Seriphos, where they were taken in by Dyctis who raised the boy to manhood.
Later, after Perseus killed Medusa and rescued Andromeda the oracle's prophecy came true.
He started for Argos, but learning of the prophecy instead went to Larissa, where athletic games were being held. By chance Acrisius was there, and Perseus accidentally struck him with his javelin fulfilling the prophecy.


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