Poster/Print Suggestions

[Zach J.]

I'm going to be moving into my first apartment in a little over a week and I'm starting to give thought to how I'd like to decorate my room. I'm a Classical Literature major so I was thinking I'd like to put a print or two of paintings that have to deal with classical Greek or Roman subjects preferably the Iliad and Odyssey. I'm not exactly sure where to start so I thought I'd ask the opinions of those on the forums. Thanks!

[Emil Miller]

I'm going to be moving into my first apartment in a little over a week and I'm starting to give thought to how I'd like to decorate my room. I'm a Classical Literature major so I was thinking I'd like to put a print or two of paintings that have to deal with classical Greek or Roman subjects preferably the Iliad and Odyssey. I'm not exactly sure where to start so I thought I'd ask the opinions of those on the forums. Thanks!

You might like to google Lawrence Alma-Tadema's paintings. Classical Rome is the foundation of much of his work but I don't know if he specifically painted scenes from the Odyssey.

[Zach J.]

Thank you for the suggestion. I've also been looking at the work of Nicholas Cann. He has a print of Poseidon that I really like, but I've had trouble finding any information about the artist himself.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Zach,

Here is one I stumbled upon last year while under the influence of Homer’s “Illiad”:

Federico Barocci “Aeneas Flees Burning Troy” :


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/BarocciAeneas.jpg/800px-BarocciAeneas.jpg

Gilliatt

[Zach J.]

That is a wonderful picture, Gilliat Gurgle. I won't be reading the Aeneid until later this year, but that painting definitely has me pumped for it. Thanks for the recommendation!