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:''For individual pages on the paintings, see Danaë (Titian, Prado), Danaë (Titian, Hermitage), Danaë (Titian, Capodimonte) and Danaë (Titian, Kunsthistorisches Museum).'' The ''Danaë'' (sometimes known as ''Danaë and the Shower of Gold'') series comprises at least five〔Known versions are held in Naples, London, Madrid, Vienna and St. Petersburg.〕 oil-on-canvas paintings by the Venetian master Titian, completed between 1540 and 1570. The works are based on the mythological princess Danaë. According to Ovid she was isolated in a bronze dungeon following a prophecy that her firstborn would eventually kill her father.〔''Amores''. 2.19.27-8, ''ca''. 25-16 BC.〕 Although aware of the consequences, Danaë was seduced and became pregnant by Zeus (in Roman mythology Jupiter), who, inflamed by lust, descended from Mount Olympus to entice her as a shower of gold.〔In some portrayals, notably Rembrandt's, Zeus is shown as a beam of light. See Westermann, 121〕 The first version, now in Naples, was painted between 1544-46. Titian executed a later version on commission from the art-loving Spanish monarch Philip II. Titian and his workshop produced at least five versions of the painting, which vary to degrees. The dog resting at Danaë's side is absent in some versions, while her companion is a god in some and a haggish nursemaid in others. In all, Danaë is depicted as a voluptuous figure. Her legs are open in all, with her left leg arched; this being a central painterly motif in each.〔Cavalcaselle, Giovanni Battista. ''The Life and Times of Titian: With Some Account of His Family''. BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008. 230. ISBN 0-559-78582-8〕 The works have been highly influential and affected the work of many artists including Rembrandt,〔Sluijter, 225〕 Anthony van Dyck and Gustav Klimt, who all painted versions of the scene. According to the 16th-century Italian historian Giorgio Vasari, Michelangelo saw the original and praised Titian's use of colour in the Madrid painting, though later, in private, was critical of Titian's draftsmanship.〔Northcote, 273〕 ==Legend of Danaë== A version was commissioned by Philip II as part of a series of mythological paintings described by Titian as "poesie" ("poems").〔Kaminski, 105〕 According to Greek mythology known by Titian through Ovid's telling, when Acrisius consulted the oracle on how he would get male children, he was told that his daughter would bear a son who would kill him. Acrisius then locked up and guarded his daughter Danaë in a subterranean dungeon.〔Kahr, Madlyn Millner. "Virtuous, Voluptuous, Venal Woman". ''The Art Bulletin'', 60/1, March 1978. 43-55〕 Danaë, aware of the consequences, allowed herself to be seduced and impregnated by Zeus, who persuaded her to lower her defences by appearing in the form of a shower of gold.〔Kaminski, 89〕〔Santore, Cathy. "The Renaissance Courtesan's Alter Ego". ''Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte'', 54/3, 1991. 412〕 When Acrisius learned of Danaë's son Perseus, he refused to believe Zeus's role, and cast mother and child adrift at sea in a chest. They landed at Seriphus, where Perseus was raised by Dictys. Perseus eventually fulfilled the prophecy by killing Acrisius years after—although accidentally. There are a number of versions of Acrisius' death. In Pseudo-Apollodorus' version, when Perseus learns of the oracle he goes into voluntary exile in Pelasgiotis (Thessaly), where Teutamides, king of Larissa, is holding funeral games for his father. Perseus competes in the discus throw, but his missile veers and strikes Acrisius, killing him instantly. Danaë was seen in the Middle Ages and Renaissance as a symbol of the corrupting effect of wealth, which could taint even feminine beauty or moral virtue.〔 An epigrammist in the Greek Anthology wrote of the legend of Danaë and Zeus: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danaë (Titian series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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