The document discusses the symbolism of the laurel plant in relation to poetry and victory. It provides examples from various paintings depicting the myth of Apollo and Daphne, with the laurel representing Daphne transformed to escape Apollo. The laurel is also depicted being worn by poets such as Dante, Petrarch and others, symbolizing their achievements in poetry. Raphael's fresco Parnassus on Mount Parnassus is described, showing Apollo surrounded by poets both historical and contemporary to Raphael.
7. flowers scattered across the hillside
reflection of the trees in the river ...
the nymph Daphne is transformed into
a laurel to escape the god Apollo
Antonio Pollaiolo
Apollo and Daphne
Apollon et Daphné
1480
National Gallery, London
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11. Cupid in the sky
two arrows
Apollo
and
Daphne
Francesco Albani
Apollo and Daphne
Apollon et Daphné
1615-1620
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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15. a Rococo version …
an idyllic landscape
Alpheus, river god
Apollo
and
the nymph's transformation into a laurel tree
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Apollo and Daphne
Apollon et Daphné
1741
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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18. Apollo and Daphne
in the Pre-Raphaelite style
John William Waterhouse
Apollo and Daphne
Apollon et Daphné
1908
Private collection
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21. a landscape
a viola da braccio
and
Apollo singing his love for
Daphne
Dosso Dossi
Apollo
Apollon
1524
Galleria Borghese, Rome
26. Dante Alighieri
and
Guido Cavalcanti,
Francesco Petrarch,
Giovanni Boccaccio
… Cino di Pistoia and Guittone d’Arezzo,
as minor poets, look on silently at this
commanding display
Giorgio Vasari
Six Tuscan Poets
Six Poètes toscans
1544
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
27. a stark and striking genealogy of Italian poetry:
the four great poets crowned with laurel wreaths,
… and Dante as their core
38. an striking profile
a red cloak
a red cap above a white bonnet
and
a laurel wreath
Sandro Botticelli
Portrait of Dante
Portrait de Dante
1495
Private collection
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41. .. il Sommo Poeta .."the Supreme Poet"
Cristofano dell'Altissimo
Dante Alighieri
1552-1568
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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44. Mount Parnassus ...
Apollo and the Muses
surrounded by poets
from Antiquity and the
time of Raphael
Raphael
Raphaël
The Parnassus
Le Parnasse
1509-1510
Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi
Pontifici, Vatican
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47. Apollo playing the lira da braccio
is surrounded by the Muses
Melpomene, Terpsichore,
Polyhymnia, Calliope
Euterpe, Thalia, Clio, Urania,
Erato
Raphael
Raphaël
The Parnassus
Le Parnasse
1509-1510
Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici,
Vatican
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50. the four epic poets:
Dante, Homer, Virgil and Poliziano
Raphael
Raphaël
The Parnassus
Le Parnasse
1509-1510
Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici,
Vatican
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53. the five lyric poets:
Alcaeus, Corinna, Sappho,
Anacreon and Petrarch
Raphael
Raphaël
The Parnassus
Le Parnasse
1509-1510
Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici,
Vatican
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56. Vittoria Colonna, Giovanni Boccaccio,
Ludovico Ariosto, Pietro Bembo
and
Horace in conversation with Jacopo Sannazaro,
and Ovid
Raphael
Raphaël
The Parnassus
Le Parnasse
1509-1510
Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican
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