Kiki Smith, Daphne
Tag: daphne
Anselm Kiefer:
Danaé : lead, gold, metal, resin.
Hortus Conclusus : plaster, aluminium, shellac, acrylic.
Athanor : shellac emulsion, chalk, lead, silver and gold on linen canvas.
On display at the Musée du Louvre,

Danaë
shower of gold
Zeus, the king of the gods, desired her, and came to her
in the form of golden rain which streamed in through the roof of the
subterranean chamber and down into her womb. Soon after, their child
Perseus was born.
Danaë by Jan Gossaert, 1527.





