Kūʻai ke ola Cupid a me Psyche marble Statue no ke kūʻai aku

ʻO ke kiʻi o Cupid a me Psyche, e ukali ana i ka mea haku mele kaulana o Antonio Canova, ua kiʻi ʻia ke kiʻi kūmole no ka manawa mua e Kolonela John Campbell i ka makahiki 1787, a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ma kēia manawa he neoclassical Canova romantism A masterpiece me ideological ʻano, ke pīhoihoi, ia hōʻike i nā ʻano o ka piʻi ʻana o ka neʻe aloha i nā ipo ipo. Ma hope o ke ala ʻana i ka Poseke ola ʻole me ka honi, ua hōʻike koke ke kiʻi i ke akua Cupid i ke kiʻekiʻe o ke aloha a me ka palupalu. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka moʻolelo o Cupid a me Psyche ma ka puke moʻolelo Lūkia "Golden Donkey" a Lucius Apuleius "(ka hopena o ke kenekulia 2). Aia ka mana mua a nui paha i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Louvre ma Palisa, Palani.

ʻO Canova (1757-1822), ulu aʻe i loko o ka ʻohana hana kālai pōhaku ʻItalia. Ua hoʻomaka wau i ke kālai ʻana i ke kakahiaka nui loa a aʻo i ka pena ʻana i ka manawa like. I loko o ke kūlanakauhale Roma nani i piha i ka lewa palapala, nā mea kālai kiʻi i ʻike ʻia i nā wahi āpau e hāʻawi iā ia i ka hoʻoulu palena palena ʻole, a me kāna hana neoclassical style sculpture i kahili koke iā ʻEulopa. ʻO kā Canova hana kāʻei kua ka wā kūpikipiki ʻo Napoleon. Hoʻokomo ʻo ia i kāna mau manaʻo maikaʻi a me nā manaʻo i ke kālai ʻana, a huli ke kinikini anuanu i moʻolelo maikaʻi i kona mau lima.

Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia kiʻi kiʻi i ke kumuhana o ka moʻolelo Helene aloha kahiko, a hiki i ka honi ʻana o Eros ke hoʻāla i ka wahine. Hōʻike ke kiʻi kiʻi iā Cupid, ke akua o ke aloha, ma hope o nā kaukani he mau kaukani, loaʻa ka moe iā Pseke, kipaku aku i ke kilokilo, a ʻohi mālie iā ia. ʻO Psyche, ka mea i ala aʻe mai kāna hiamoe ʻana, kīkoʻo akula i kona mau lima e alo iā Eros. ʻO kēia kiʻi ke ʻano o ka manawa a Cupid i hohola aku ai i kona mau ʻeheu a iho i lalo a apo mālie iā Pressk no ka honi. ʻO nā kino palupalu a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi o ʻelua i ʻapo i kekahi i kekahi, a me ko lākou ʻano aloha a lokomaikaʻi hoʻi i pā nui.

ʻO ka haku neo-classical ʻo Canova "The Kiss of Eros Awakens the God of Soul", hana kū hoʻokahi ka mea kākau i ka ʻapo a me ke kino hōʻeuʻeu i loko o kahi ʻano pyramidal. I loko o kēia hale kūʻai neoclassical, kūleʻa ka hopena o ke kukui ma ka ʻili o ke kinikini, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi. Hoʻāla ka honi o Cupid iā Psyker, kahi honi i kakali a aloha nui ʻia, e like me ka hau o ka lani a me ka honua, e hoʻoheheʻe ana i nā mea āpau a me ka makani puna. He kino keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe, he lapalapa ahi o ke aloha i hoʻā ʻia i ke kino, e like me nā maka puha, piha i ke aloha palena ʻole.