Saturday, November 13, 2010

Myths and Legends: Pygmalion and the Statue

Pygmalion and the Statue. To find out more about Pygmalion and his statue, see this Wikipedia article: link; for information about the image: image source.

This shows the famous moment when Pygmalion adores the statue he has sculpted, before she comes to life. This was naturally a subject favored by artists; here are some more Pygmalion images.

You can also find more myths and legends for the week of November 11-17 here. For more information and links to the actual javascript code, see the Myths & Legends Widget Reference Page.