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Rineke de Jong
( Netherlands )

Mixed Media; Painting


 

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Title   Hephaistos
Artist   Rineke de Jong
 
Mixed Media, Painting
Expressionism, Figurative, Mixed Media
 
Serie  The World of the Gods
Original size  150x100 cm

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Hephaistos, 2009, mixed media and acrylic on canveas.

Hephaestus (8 spellings; pronounced /həˈfɛstəs/ or /hɨˈfɛstəs/; Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος Hēphaistos) was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan. His mother was Hera. He was the god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes. Like other mythic smiths but unlike most other gods, Hephaestus was lame, which gave him a grotesque appearance in Greek eyes. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and he was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centers of Greece, particularly in Athens. The center of his cult was in Lemnos.[1] Hephaestus's symbols are a smith's hammer, an anvil and a pair of tongs, although sometimes he is portrayed holding an axe.

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