Jupiter and Semele

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painting symbolist painting

"Jupiter and Semele" is a richly symbolic and opulent mythological painting by French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau, depicting the fatal union of the god Jupiter with the mortal Semele.

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Label Occurrences
Jupiter et Sémélé 2
Jupiter and Semele canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
symbolist painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance key example of Symbolist painting ⓘ
major work of Gustave Moreau ⓘ
artStyle French symbolism ⓘ
surface form: French Symbolism
basedOn Semele ⓘ
surface form: myth of Semele

myth of Zeus and Semele ⓘ
colorPalette golden tones ⓘ
rich colors ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Gustave Moreau ⓘ
depicts Greek mythology ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
Jupiter enthroned ⓘ
Semele ⓘ
Semele in ecstasy ⓘ
allegorical imagery ⓘ
collapsed body of Semele ⓘ
contrast between mortal and divine realms ⓘ
cosmic setting ⓘ
divine radiance ⓘ
fatal union of a god and a mortal ⓘ
hieratic frontal figure of Jupiter ⓘ
mythological creatures ⓘ
ornamental architecture ⓘ
symbolic figures ⓘ
throne of Jupiter ⓘ
genre mythological painting ⓘ
hasMotif death and transfiguration ⓘ
sacred terror ⓘ
sublime light ⓘ
visionary experience ⓘ
hasQuality complex composition ⓘ
highly detailed ⓘ
opulent ⓘ
richly symbolic ⓘ
hasSymbolism danger of absolute knowledge ⓘ
spiritual transcendence ⓘ
union of eros and thanatos ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
mainCharacter Jupiter ⓘ
Semele ⓘ
movement Symbolism ⓘ
narrativeTheme destruction through divine revelation ⓘ
divine love ⓘ
ecstasy and death ⓘ
mortal encounter with the divine ⓘ
titleInFrench Jupiter and Semele self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jupiter et Sémélé

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Gustave Moreau → notableWork → Jupiter and Semele ⓘ
Jupiter and Semele → titleInFrench → Jupiter and Semele self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jupiter et Sémélé
Musée Gustave Moreau → notableWorkInCollection → Jupiter and Semele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jupiter et Sémélé