In a classic myth, Pygmalion was a sculpture who fell in love with somthing. what was it?
2006-08-16 06:57:57 · 5 answers · asked by watawatacrazy 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Actually Pygmallion was the sculptor, not the sculpture, and he fell in love with a statue that he had created.
2006-08-16 07:04:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pygmalion was a sculptor who created a female sculpture (Galatea). He fell in love with her and during one of the festivals, asked the Gods to help him bring her to life. She lived and breathed and Pygmalion and she married and procreated.
There are many more modern takes on the Pygmalion tale. For example, My Fair Lady and Mannequin etc.
2006-08-16 17:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pygmalion was the sculptor, not the sculpture. He fell in love with a sculpture he created.
2006-08-16 14:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Ãtienne Maurice Falconet: Pygmalion & Galatee (1763)Pygmalion is a fictional character from the Roman poet Ovid, found in the tenth book of his Metamorphoses. Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has made.
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Ovid's mention of Paphos suggests he was drawing on the brief account of Pygmalion and Galatea in Bibliotheke, a Hellenistic encyclopedia of myth formerly attributed to Apollodorus. The story has parallels in the example of Daedalus, who uses quicksilver to install a voice in his statues; and of Hephaestus who creates automata for his workshop, Talos, an artificial man of bronze, and, according to Hesiod, Pandora— from clay, at the behest of Zeus.
Pygmalion was the sculptor who fell in love with his sculpture.
Between the Lions an PBS has a great skit on this! :)
2006-08-16 14:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by Sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was GALATEA ... an ivory virgin... pygmalion was always of this notion that women can never b perfect ... he almost hated them ... and so he being a sculptor carved out a dazzling beauty out of ivory .. he fell in love wid it ... carressed it ... patted it ... lay on its knees ... he almost started going crazy 4 her ..he offers the statue presents .. Aphrodite (venus) saw his tender feelings and fulfilled pygmalion's wish by blessing the statue with life ... pygmalion married galatea ..n had a son ... i dont remember the name ... n they lived happily everafter ! :)
2006-08-16 14:03:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋