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Connections: Olympians

Jun 27, 2011 5 MINUTES
"The parenting skills of the gods sound like they were pretty nonexistent."

Associate publisher Gwen Roginsky and her teenage daughter Ana Sofia Meneses relish the drama of the dysfunctional family that is the Olympians.

Artworks in this video

Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens
Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens
Roman
The Return of Neptune
The Return of Neptune
John Singleton Copley
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Persephone Painter
The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Phiale Painter
Diana the Huntress
Diana the Huntress
Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli)
Minerva
Minerva
Clodion (Claude Michel)
Minerva and the Muses
Minerva and the Muses
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)
Marble relief fragment with the head of Mars
Marble relief fragment with the head of Mars
Roman
Mars and Venus United by Love
Mars and Venus United by Love
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)
Venus and Mars Embracing as Vulcan Works at His Forge
Venus and Mars Embracing as Vulcan Works at His Forge
Enea Vico
Venus and the Lute Player
Venus and the Lute Player
Titian
Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons
Marble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons
Roman
Bacchanal with a Wine Vat
Bacchanal with a Wine Vat
Andrea Mantegna
Juno
Juno
Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")
Sardonyx cameo fragment with Jupiter astride an eagle
Sardonyx cameo fragment with Jupiter astride an eagle
Greek or Roman
Marble head of a deity
Marble head of a deity
Roman
Rape of Proserpina
Rape of Proserpina
Doccia Porcelain Manufactory
Venus and Cupid
Venus and Cupid
Lorenzo Lotto
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus
Alexandre Cabanel
Satyrs and Nymphs; verso: partial counterproof of Heintz's "Studies for the Flight into Egypt" in The Courtauld Gallery, London
Satyrs and Nymphs; verso: partial counterproof of Heintz's "Studies for the Flight into Egypt" in The Courtauld Gallery, London
Joseph Heintz the Elder
Education of the Infant Bacchus
Education of the Infant Bacchus
Niccolò Amastini
Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant
Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant
Greek

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