http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/94791/abduction-on-a-unicorn-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Abduction on a Unicorn: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/94791/abduction-on-a-unicorn-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/94791/abduction-on-a-unicorn-gallery-label-current Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Abduction on a Unicorn: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2006-07-12</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>The unicorn is the most beautifully realized part of this etching, but the creature has none of its usual associations with chastity and purity. Scholars think that Albrecht Dürer's theme may be the mythic Rape of Proserpine. In that tale, Pluto, god of the underworld, abducts a terrified Proserpine to rule with him in his dark kingdom. Every spring she was allowed to leave Hades and rejoin her mother, Ceres, goddess of the earth's fertility, and a gratified Ceres would let nature flourish again. As the maiden's awkward pose reveals, Dürer did not relish this medium, and he returned to engraving after making only six etchings. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/94791/abduction-on-a-unicorn-gallery-label-current The unicorn is the most beautifully realized part of this etching, but the creature has none of its usual associations with chastity and purity. Scholars think that Albrecht Dürer's theme may be the mythic Rape of Proserpine. In that tale, Pluto, god of the underworld, abducts a terrified Proserpine to rule with him in his dark kingdom. Every spring she was allowed to leave Hades and rejoin her mother, Ceres, goddess of the earth's fertility, and a gratified Ceres would let nature flourish again. As the maiden's awkward pose reveals, Dürer did not relish this medium, and he returned to engraving after making only six etchings." type="image/jpeg" />The unicorn is the most beautifully realized part of this etching, but the creature has none of its usual associations with chastity and purity. Scholars think that Albrecht Dürer's theme may be the mythic Rape of Proserpine. In that tale, Pluto, god of the underworld, abducts a terrified Proserpine to rule with him in his dark kingdom. Every spring she was allowed to leave Hades and rejoin her mother, Ceres, goddess of the earth's fertility, and a gratified Ceres would let nature flourish again. As the maiden's awkward pose reveals, Dürer did not relish this medium, and he returned to engraving after making only six etchings." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts