#European psych

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825 - 1905) The abduction of Psyche, 1895

[renaissanceoftheremarkable]

Psyche Entering Cupid’s Garden

(John William Waterhouse, 1903)

[preraphaelitepaintings]

Psyche Entering Cupid's Garden

Artist: John William Waterhouse (English, 1849–1917) academic

Date: 1903

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, England

Description

Cupid was sent by his jealous mother, the goddess Venus, to punish Psyche for her beauty. Instead, Cupid fell in love with Psyche but would only meet her after dark so she couldn’t identify him. Here, Psyche is trying to catch a glimpse of her secret lover in daylight. Sometimes called ‘the last Pre-Raphaelite’, Waterhouse used his lush, romantic style to paint many scenes from Greek and Roman mythology.

[katiajewelbox]

Cupid and Psyche by Jacopo Zucchi (1589).

[mythologypaintings]

Psyche in the Temple of Love

Artist: Edward Poynter (British, 1836–1919)

Date: 1882

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Description

In Roman mythology, Psyche’s beauty attracted much attention. Venus, the goddess of love, became jealous and tried to get revenge. She convinced Cupid to seduce the young beauty and cause her great sadness. Instead, Cupid fell in love with Psyche and took her to a beautiful palace where he visited her every night, but never during the day, to avoid angering Venus.

In this painting, Psyche is amusing herself by playing with a butterfly, her usual emblem. Both she and the butterfly symbolized the human soul. Psyche entices the butterfly into the palace with a sprig of honeysuckle. The doves of Venus can be seen flying ominously in the background.

[carlyraejepsans]

"yeah I'm rereading the little prince i just felt like doing it" <- words of a man reaching his limits

[n3wy0rkd011]

History books and Collegeboard make women seem so worthless when they emphasize women who did absolutely nothing for “representation”

[funstyle]

i love reading about what are classified as "culture-bound disorders" like it really opens my eyes to how euro-american psychiatry oversimplifies things. the physical and psychological effects of grief were so intense and impossible to articulate for me. like of course it's no wonder that every culture has its own words and explanations for it. it's more than just grief or trauma. it's a demon. or a witch's curse. or being possessed by the ghosts of the deceased. or a mysterious illness that makes you act out violently. all across the world and forever and ever we've been trying to rationalise our own pain to ourselves. we just want it all to make sense. idk. people treat psychiatry like it's law despite its gaping sociocultural blindspots huh

[salvadorbonaparte]

I couldn't find any German Croatian textbooks that I liked so I got the Teach Yourself one and it's quite good but the funniest thing is that I forgot that English people don't have cases or genders and need those things explained

[ningtual]

lessera on esc next 🫶🏻

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

José Maria Veloso Salgado (Spanish, 1864-1945) Amor e Psyche, 1891 Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea – Museu do Chiado, Lisboa

[dovesnest]

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[preraphaelitepaintings]

Cupid and Psyche - Palace Green Murals - Psyche Receiving the Casket from Proserpine

Artist: Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Walter Crane

Date: 1872-1881

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Birmingham Museums Trust, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Description

The more sculpturally classical drapery of the figures in the opening image accords with the sterner mood of the story's beginning. Jealous of Psyche s beauty, the goddess Venus sends Cupid to destroy her: instead, he falls in love with the sleeping princess:

As Love cast down his eyes with a half smile, Godlike and cruel, that faded in a while, And long he stood above her hidden eyes With red lips parted in a god’s surprise.

After performing a series of harrowing tasks, Psyche is finally reunited with Cupid and, forgiven by Venus, is allowed to remain with him as an immortal.

[littorea]

If I was a colonist and I saw an EN (UK) elk (Alces alces; Middle English elk [“great deer”] <- Old English eolh [“European elk (extirpated 900 A.D.)”]) I would probably cry.

[mythologypaintings]

Psyche Opening the Golden Box

Artist: John William Waterhouse (English, 1849–1917)

Genre: Mythological Painting

Date: 1903

Collection: Private Collection

From the story in Greek Mythology about Psyche and her love for Cupid, the son of Venus.

Psyche, the daughter of a king, incurred the wrath of Venus who eyed her as a rival. She instructed Cupid, her son, to infect Psyche’s heart with love for an outcast, but Cupid fell in love with her and visited her every night in her chamber. Fearing Psyche would be unable to resist his beauty, he remained invisible and warned her not to steal a look at him. One night, overcome with curiosity and goaded by her wicked sisters, Psyche took a lamp and shone it over Cupid as he lay asleep. She was so startled by his beauty that she spilled a drop of hot oil on his shoulder and woke the god from his slumber. Cupid was filled with anger at her disobedience and departed at once, leaving Psyche sad and deeply regretful. She roamed the earth in search of her lover, facing obstacles thrown in her way by Venus, until Jupiter took pity on her and made her immortal so she could be reunited with Cupid.

[nerefee]

i think we should take fairy tales away from disney again, I think we should bring back the european fairy tale movies from the 60s with the horrifying practical effects and feverish set designs