Chapter 3
Sphinxes and Sirens are mythological monsters (of the land and the sea) that have been depicted as the embodiment of the femme fatale. Both are ambiguous creatures: the terrible Sphinx wields a secret power of seduction, while the loveable nymphs and sirens harbour the underlying threat of death in the water.
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- Autor:
- Marc Quinn
- Título:
- Sphinx (Venus)
- Fecha:
- 2006
- Tipo:
- Painted bronze
- Medidas:
- 70.2 x 64.3 x 54.9 cm
- Úbicacion:
- Private collection, London
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- Autor:
- Camille Corot
- Título:
- The Fountain
- Fecha:
- 1869-1870
- Tipo:
- Oil on canvas
- Medidas:
- 72.5 x 41.5 cm
- Úbicacion:
- Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection on loan at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
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- Autor:
- Gustave Courbet
- Título:
- The Woman in the Waves
- Fecha:
- 1868
- Tipo:
- Oil on canvas
- Medidas:
- 65 x 54 cm
- Úbicacion:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929, inv. 29.100.62
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