AndromedaChainedToCliff

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AndromedaChainedToCliff is a recurring artistic motif depicting the mythological princess Andromeda bound to a seaside rock or cliff as she awaits rescue from a sea monster.

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AndromedaChainedToCliff canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic motif ⓘ
iconographic theme ⓘ
mythological subject in art ⓘ
associatedWith Greek mythology ⓘ
Perseus ⓘ
constellation Andromeda ⓘ
basedOn myth of Andromeda and Perseus ⓘ
story in Ovid Metamorphoses ⓘ
story in Pseudo-Apollodorus Bibliotheca ⓘ
commonIn Baroque painting ⓘ
Neoclassical painting ⓘ
linked to: Neoclassicism

Renaissance painting ⓘ
academic art ⓘ
history painting ⓘ
contrastsWith PerseusRescuingAndromeda motif ⓘ
depicts Andromeda ⓘ
princess chained to rock ⓘ
sea monster ⓘ
seaside cliff ⓘ
emphasizes dramatic tension before rescue ⓘ
isolation of Andromeda ⓘ
peril posed by sea monster ⓘ
features approaching hero Perseus ⓘ
linked to: Perseus

chains or bonds ⓘ
distant city or palace ⓘ
dramatic sky ⓘ
partially nude female figure ⓘ
genre mythological painting subject ⓘ
hasSetting coastal landscape ⓘ
rocky cliff ⓘ
seashore ⓘ
iconographicAttributeOf Andromeda ⓘ
narrativeMoment Andromeda awaiting rescue ⓘ
prelude to Perseus slaying sea monster ⓘ
relatedMotif AndromedaOnTheRock ⓘ
PerseusAndAndromeda ⓘ
symbolizes deliverance from danger ⓘ
female vulnerability ⓘ
innocent victim ⓘ
triumph of heroism ⓘ
typicalComposition Andromeda foreground left or center ⓘ
Perseus entering from sky or shore ⓘ
sea monster emerging from water ⓘ
usedIn engraving ⓘ
fresco ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
sculpture relief ⓘ

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Rescuing Andromeda → hasIconography → AndromedaChainedToCliff ⓘ
subject linked to: rescuing Andromeda