Jean-Leon Gerome [1824-1904]
Like many Greek myths, the story of Pygmalion and Galatea has slightly different versions. Pygmalion , King of Cyprus, in the most familiar of these versions created a lifelike statue of his ideal of womanhood. The statue which he called Galatea was so beautiful that he fell in love with his own creation. Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, took pity on the lovesick Pygmalion. She turned Galatea into a living woman and presided over the marriage of the two [...] Quelle: batguano.com
Dachte, die Geschichte von Pygmalion und Galatea passt ganz toll zu meiner Akimba, die ich anfertigen lassen will. Obwohl, dann müsste ich der Figur wohl auch selbst Form verleihen und das lass ich besser bleiben. Werde also nicht auf ein göttliches Eingreifen Aphrodites zählen...
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