Órion cego procurando pelo raio de sol

Engraver Jost Amman Swiss
 after Wenzel Jamnitzer German

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Poussin se inspirou no escritor grego Luciano (De domo 27–29) para criar esta imagem de caçador: “Órion, que é cego, leva Cedalion, e este, montado no seu ombro, mostra o caminho para o sol. O sol nascente cura [sua] cegueira”. Depois de estudar uma crítica do século XVI, que interpreta o mito de um ponto de vista meteorológico, o artista acrescentou entre as nuvens a figura de Diana, símbolo do poder da lua para atrair os vapores da terra e transformá-los em chuva. Este quadro insólito combina o fascínio de Poussin pela mitologia clássica e pelo imenso poder da natureza.

Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching

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Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching
Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg), Etching

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