Tag : daphne

Photo Decor

Photo Decor

  There is nothing like photography for decorating a home. Gone are the days when photography was chained to the 10x8" print, tastefully matted and mounted in a plain black frame. Now things are much BIGGER! Daphne 200x100cm Cheaper than a  painting and bigger than a  lithograph, a...

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Daphne

Daphne

  In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Apollo, the god of music and poetry, was afflicted by an infatuation for the beautiful nymph Daphne. He pursued her relentlessly until, unable to escape his clutches, she was transformed into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus in order to save her from...

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Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses

  The most famous Metamorphoses are those written by the Latin poet Ovid illustrating Greek myths and a source for countless artists, poets, painters and sculptors. Bernini based his statue Apollo and Daphne on Ovid's tale and I was in turn inspired by Bernini. However, for the rest of the...

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