Art, Symbol & Imagination
Apollo and Daphne: Bernini’s Sculpture in Sun Lore
Apollo reaches towards Daphne as leaves and branches extend from her raised hands and her lower body joins a tree-like support. The source reproduces Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne in Sun Lore of All Ages. The group concentrates the myth upon a bodily transformation still in progress. Pale marble and the dark photographic ground keep the slender leaves and extended fingers clearly visible.
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Citation
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (sculpture); photographer unidentified. "Apollo and Daphne: Bernini’s Sculpture in Sun Lore" [editorial title]. In Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its Worship, William Tyler Olcott. 1914 edition, 1914, G. P. Putnam's Sons. Source scan leaf 99. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0139-0098
Source details
- Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its Worship
- Apollo and Daphne
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its WorshipWilliam Tyler Olcott1914More from this book
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (sculpture); photographer unidentified. Apollo and Daphne: Bernini’s Sculpture in Sun Lore. Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its Worship. Scan leaf 99. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0139-0098