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Victor Minca
Caronte
Caronte
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Title: Caronte. Year: 2016
Original: 16" x 20" Acrylic on Canvas by Victor Minca
Prints: A Signed Limited Edition Art Prints. Certificate of Authenticity Included.
Canvas Prints: Signed Giclee
Description: In the 1st century BC, the Roman poet Virgil describes Charon, manning his rust-colored skiff, in the course of Aenea's descent to the underworld (Aeneid, Book 6), after the Cumaean Sibyl has directed the hero to the golden bough that will allow him to return to the world of the living:
There Chairon stands, who rules the dreary coast -
A sordid god: down from his hairy chin
A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean;
His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire;
A girdle, foul with grease, binds his obscene attire.
There Chairon stands, who rules the dreary coast -
A sordid god: down from his hairy chin
A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean;
His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire;
A girdle, foul with grease, binds his obscene attire.
This piece is inspired by the formidable figure of Charon from Dante's Divina Commedia. Through dynamic brushstrokes and vivid colors, I aimed to capture the strength and determination of an elderly, muscular man navigating a wooden boat through turbulent waters. The dramatic background of towering rocky cliffs and a stormy sky adds to the intensity of the scene.
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