Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus

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Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus is a dramatic Romantic-era oil painting by J.M.W. Turner depicting Odysseus’s taunting escape from the blinded Cyclops Polyphemus in Homer’s Odyssey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic painting ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
artStyle Turner’s late style ⓘ
basedOn Odyssey ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Homer ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
collection National Gallery collection ⓘ
linked to: National Gallery
completionDate 1829 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator J. M. W. Turner ⓘ
depicts Cyclops ⓘ
linked to: Cyclopes

Odysseus ⓘ
Polyphemus ⓘ
Ulysses taunting Polyphemus ⓘ
Ulysses’s ship ⓘ
blinded Polyphemus ⓘ
rocky coastline ⓘ
scene from the Odyssey ⓘ
sea ⓘ
sunrise ⓘ
exhibitionHistory Royal Academy of Arts, London ⓘ
firstExhibited Royal Academy of Arts, London ⓘ
firstExhibitedDate 1829 ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
marine painting ⓘ
hasPart dramatic sky ⓘ
figures of sailors ⓘ
intense light effects ⓘ
mythological figures ⓘ
inception 1829 ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locatedIn National Gallery, London ⓘ
linked to: National Gallery
materialUsed canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
narrativeMoment Ulysses revealing his name to Polyphemus ⓘ
escape from Polyphemus’s cave ⓘ
notableWorkOf J. M. W. Turner ⓘ
subjectMatter Greek mythology ⓘ
Homeric epic ⓘ
title Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus ⓘ
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ

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Joseph Mallord William Turner → notableWork → Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus ⓘ
subject linked to: Joseph
Turner Bequest → hasPart → Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus ⓘ
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus → title → Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus ⓘ
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus → title → Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ
linked to: Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus