Léda et le cygne

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Léda et le cygne is a mythological painting depicting the Greek legend of Leda and Zeus transformed into a swan, created in the highly symbolic and ornate style characteristic of Gustave Moreau.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm oil painting ⓘ
artisticStyle highly symbolic ⓘ
ornate ⓘ
associatedWith French Symbolism ⓘ
linked to: French symbolism
basedOn Greek mythology ⓘ
myth of Leda and the Swan ⓘ
linked to: Leda
belongsToCategory Symbolist paintings ⓘ
paintings based on classical mythology ⓘ
paintings by Gustave Moreau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Gustave Moreau ⓘ
creatorArtMovement Symbolism ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
creatorOccupation painter ⓘ
culturalContext 19th-century French art ⓘ
depicts Leda ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
swan ⓘ
depictsCharacterFrom Greek mythology ⓘ
genre Symbolism ⓘ
hasFigure bird ⓘ
female nude ⓘ
hasMythologicalTheme seduction of Leda by Zeus ⓘ
iconography swan embracing a woman ⓘ
influencedBy Renaissance depictions of Leda and the Swan ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
mainSubject encounter between Leda and Zeus as a swan ⓘ
movement Symbolist movement ⓘ
mythologicalCharactersIncluded Leda ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
Zeus in the form of a swan ⓘ
narrativeSource myth of Zeus’s seduction of Leda ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle French ⓘ
period late 19th century ⓘ
subjectMatter mythological love scene ⓘ
theme divine intervention in human affairs ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
metamorphosis ⓘ
title Léda et le cygne ⓘ
titleInEnglish Leda and the Swan ⓘ
usesMotif swan as Zeus ⓘ
linked to: swan form of Zeus
visualCharacteristics complex symbolic details ⓘ
elaborate decorative background ⓘ
rich ornamentation ⓘ

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Léda et le cygne (Gustave Moreau) → title → Léda et le cygne ⓘ
subject linked to: Léda et le cygne