TheGetty Coloring Book
TheGetty Coloring Book
TheGetty Coloring Book
COLORING BOOK
BEAUTY
This is a lustered plate with a female bust. The scroll reads When alive, I
shall be among the living, and when dead, I shall [still] be among the living.
Can you bring her to life? http://bit.ly/1Qb5OO3
Lustered plate with female bust, about 1510-1540, Unknown artist. The J. Paul Getty Museum. http://bit.ly/1Qb5OO3
Irises, 1889, Vincent van Gogh. The J. Paul Getty Museum. http://bit.ly/1Re4FZC
LONGING
Telemachus, son of Odysseus, fell in love with the beautiful nymph Eucharis.
However, his duty as a son is to end the romance and depart in search of
his missing father. http://bit.ly/1mbKL5N
The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, 1818, Jacques-Louis David. The J. Paul Getty Museum. http://bit.ly/1mbKL5N
Detail of a table with sugar figures for the marriage of Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Julich, Frans Hogenberg, 1587. The Getty Research Institute.
STRENGTH
In the Aeneid, the epic poem of Romes founding, Aeneas honored the his fathers death by holding funeral games, including a boxing match. It was an
uneven match between Dares and Entellus, as Dares was much younger and
fitter. http://bit.ly/1X1V1eq
Mosaic Floor with Combat Between Dares and Entellus, about 175, Unknown. The J. Paul Getty Museum. http://bit.ly/1X1V1eq
The Battle Between the Angel ad the Dragon, about 1255-1260, Unknown. The J. Paul Getty Museum. http://bit.ly/207EIga
DEATH
Seated at the base of a tree in a forest, an old man holds a young womans
hand without noticing that he has already set foot in his grave. A monkey
wearing spectacles takes coins from his bag. http://bit.ly/20orv85
The Exchange of Arrows between Death and Cupid, 1665-1701, David Vinckboons. The Getty Research Institute.
Times of Day, 1805, Phillip Otto Runge. The Getty Research Institute. http://bit.ly/1PQKixL