Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus
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Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus is a dramatic Romantic-era oil painting by J.M.W. Turner depicting Odysseus’s taunting escape from the blinded Cyclops Polyphemus in Homer’s Odyssey.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic painting
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oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| artStyle | Turner’s late style ⓘ |
| basedOn | Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | National Gallery collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1829 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | J. M. W. Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Cyclops
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Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Polyphemus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulysses taunting Polyphemus ⓘ Ulysses’s ship ⓘ blinded Polyphemus ⓘ rocky coastline ⓘ scene from the Odyssey ⓘ sea ⓘ sunrise ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | Royal Academy of Arts, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstExhibited | Royal Academy of Arts, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstExhibitedDate | 1829 ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
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marine painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
dramatic sky
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figures of sailors ⓘ intense light effects ⓘ mythological figures ⓘ |
| inception | 1829 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | National Gallery, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativeMoment |
Ulysses revealing his name to Polyphemus
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escape from Polyphemus’s cave ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | J. M. W. Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Greek mythology
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Homeric epic ⓘ |
| title |
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus
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Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, Homer’s Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joseph Mallord William Turner