Gouache, gold paint, graphite and chalk on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Chantrey Bequest
Designs for ‘The Story of Perseus’
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edward-coley-burne-jones-bt-68" aria-label="More by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt</a>
Atlas Turned to Stone Rock Doom and Doom Fulfilled Court Phineas Baleful Head
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1919
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
Andromeda
animals: fantastic
architecture
astronomy
Atlas
birth to death
Carlton Gardens
carrying / holding
classical myths: creatures
classical myths: gods and heroes
clothing and personal items
couple
courting
death
domestic
door
Earth
England
features
female
fighting
fine arts and music
flying
Gorgon / Medusa
helmet
interiors
landscape
looking down
male
man
music room
natural phenomena
nudes
objects
painting
people
Perseus
Phineas
places
plasterwork
pool
reflection
relief
religion and belief
rocky
sea
sea monster
seascapes and coasts
sex and relationships
society
standing
sword
UK countries and regions
UK London
water: inland
weapons
woman
wooded
<p>During his flight, Perseus uses Medusa's head to turn Atlas to stone after the giant refuses him hospitality. In the next incident (which Burne-Jones later divided into two scenes) Perseus discovers the naked Andromeda bound to a rock as a sacrifice to appease the sea-god Poseidon. After destroying the sea-monster, he bears Andromeda to the court of her father, who offers his daughter in marriage. The wedding feast is interrupted by Phineus, another of Andromeda's suitors, but he and his followers are also turned to stone by Perseus. Finally, Perseus shows Andromeda the reflection of Medusa's head as a means of convincing her of his own divinity, and thereby wins her love.</p><p><em>Gallery label, June 1993</em></p>
paper unique gouache gold paint graphite chalk
24 October 2009 – 25 July 2010
2010-07-25
24 October 2009 – 7 February 2010
2010-02-07
2009-10-24
Staatsgalerie (Stuttgart, Germany)
http://www.staatsgalerie.de/
1 March 2010 – 25 July 2010
2010-07-25
2010-03-01
Kunstmuseum Bern (Bern, Switzerland)
2009-10-24
Edward Burne-Jones: The Earthly Paradise
Loan-out
20 April 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
1 March 2015 – 7 May 2017
2017-05-07
2015-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2015-04-20
Pre Raphaelite Works on Paper
Collection based display
24 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
2019-02-24
24 October 2018 – 24 February 2019
2019-02-24
2018-10-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2018-10-24
Edward Burne-Jones
Exhibition
14 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
14 September 2019 – 26 January 2020
2020-01-26
2019-09-14
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde (Stockholm, Sweden)
http://www.waldermarsudde.com
21 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-21
KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes (Bergen, Norway)
2019-09-14
Edward Burne-Jones: The Pre-Raphaelites and the North
Loan-out
Atlas Turned to Stone; The Rock of Doom and the Doom Fulfilled; The Court of Phineas; The Baleful Head
support: 367 × 1487 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1919
<p>During his flight, Perseus uses Medusa's head to turn Atlas to stone after the giant refuses him hospitality. In the next incident (which Burne-Jones later divided into two scenes) Perseus discovers the naked Andromeda bound to a rock as a sacrifice to appease the sea-god Poseidon. After destroying the sea-monster, he bears Andromeda to the court of her father, who offers his daughter in marriage. The wedding feast is interrupted by Phineus, another of Andromeda's suitors, but he and his followers are also turned to stone by Perseus. Finally, Perseus shows Andromeda the reflection of Medusa's head as a means of convincing her of his own divinity, and thereby wins her love.</p>
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults Andromeda animals: fantastic architecture astronomy Atlas birth to death Carlton Gardens carrying / holding classical myths: creatures classical myths: gods and heroes clothing and personal items couple courting death domestic door Earth England features female fighting fine arts and music flying Gorgon / Medusa helmet interiors landscape looking down male man music room natural phenomena nudes objects painting people Perseus Phineas places plasterwork pool reflection relief religion and belief rocky sea sea monster seascapes and coasts sex and relationships society standing sword UK countries and regions UK London water: inland weapons woman wooded