NARCISSUS1579-99
Our Presentation• Meaning of the story• Art• In the history of Italian literature• In the history of foreign literature• Music• The story nowadays
Meaning of the story• Narcissus and Eco: both cursed
• Egoism• Everybody is egoistic, even if we
don’t know that it is ourselves who we love
ArtEco and Narcissus, 1903
John William Waterhouse
Echo and NarcissusType:Art PrintSubject:Art Movement - RealismSize (cm):60 x 80Size (''):24 x 31Availability:24 Hours
ArtNARCISSUS1579-99
Caravaggio, narcisus, 1579-99. oil on canvas. 112x 92 cm. National Gallery of Antique Art, Roma.Description
In the history of italian literature
• Torquato Tasso, he lived during the Counter-Reformation in the XVI century and his masterpiece is Gerusalemme Liberata, an epic poems. He took inspiration from the Iliade and Eneide.
In the history of italian literature
• Marini, he is a poet who lived in the XVII century, Baroque. He wrote Modrigali about love. He deals with the theme of the mirror, taken from the myth of Narcissus and Eco.
In the history in foreign literature
• Based on the story• Characters• Referred to the story
Music• Around 1300, Guilliaume de Machout• 20th century, Bob Dylan : License to kill • Genesis has a 23-minute during song with
references to the myth.• Also other genres, like rock and metal
The story nowadays•The The narcissism of narcissism of today is today is obsessed obsessed with body with body care to live care to live longer and longer and the fear of an the fear of an uncertain uncertain future, future, making it an making it an be very be very fragile and fragile and uneasyuneasy
The EndThank you for listening and have a nice
evening.
Thomas, Daniel, Benedetta, Sabrina, Marta, Victoria and Nils
