#diana roman

[yayimallamaagain]

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) "Diana"

[the-evil-clergyman]

Diane sortant de son bain by Guillaume Dubufe (1893)

[susiephone]

this can't be just me

[s-c-r-ee-ch]

Eclipse of the Sun: Diana's Farewell to Apollo

By Karl Bryullov (1852)

[aureliaeiter]

As much as I like to consume modern media based on the gods, I hate how this Americanized lense strips them away from their cultural context reducing them to an archetype the audience can understand, but that would've seemed so foreign back then.

For example, Artemis and Diana are portrayed as girl bosses. A woman who is incapable of falling in love or that simply is repulsed by men.

But when I see them I think of the little girls of the Ancient Mediterranean and how, as soon as they turned teenagers, they were set to marry men much older than them. And how, as they offered their dolls to Artemis/Diana as a thank you for protecting them through their childhood, they probably fantasized about being able to join the hunt forever.

[allmythologies]

greek & roman mythology

[arrow-of-orion]

Apollo and Diana, an 1848 marble statue by American artist and sculptor Thomas Crawford.

This captures their essence quite well imo!

[wonderwomanart]

Wonder Woman by Hamlet Roman

[angelicathedaisy]

Diana the Huntress, Bernardino Cametti, 1770

I’m absolutely in love with all Diana/Artemis statues 🌙🌌

[cparti-mkiki]

roy christmas 1991

[amatesura]

Diana with a hare Walheim, Germany

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Guillaume Seignac (1870-1924) "Portrait of Diana the Huntress" Oil on canvas Academicism

[the-evil-clergyman]

Diana and Nymphs (French 18th Century)

[illustratus]

The Interior of the Temple of Diana at Nimes by Hubert Robert

[s-c-r-ee-ch]

Apollo with a raven and Artemis with a deer

Roman marble (1st cent. CE) candelabrum base with decorative reliefs and crouching sphinxes at the corners.