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| ID: 901001326 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001326 | Record Type: Event/Narrative |
 | Atlas Supporting the Dome of Heaven (Greco-Roman narrative) | |
| Note: Narratives or scenes showing Atlas supporting the heavens in various ways. In Greek mythology, Atlas seems to have been a marine creature who supported the pillars that held heaven and earth apart. Later the name of Atlas was transferred to a range of mountains in northwestern Africa, with Atlas represented as the king of that district, turned into a rocky mountain by the hero Perseus. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, Atlas was one of the Titans who took part in their war against Zeus, for which as a punishment he was condemned to hold aloft the heavens. In many works of art he was represented as carrying the heavens (in Classical art from the 6th century BCE) or the celestial globe (in Hellenistic and Roman art). | |
| Atlas Supporting the Dome of Heaven (Greco-Roman narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,N) |
| Atlas Supporting Heavens on his Shoulders (Greco-Roman narrative) (English,U,N) |
| | Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) |
| | ....<Greek iconography> (P) |
| | ........<Greek narratives> (P) |
| | ............Atlas Supporting the Dome of Heaven (Greco-Roman narrative) (I) |
| actor is .... Atlas | |
| ..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Atlas (Greek character)) [901001325] |
| role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works) | |
| .....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
| culture/religion is .... Greco-Roman | |
| .....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
| associated with .... Atlas Mountains | |
| .....(Africa) (TGN) |
| Atlas Supporting the Dome of Heaven (Greco-Roman narrative) |
| ................Frick Collection [online] (1998-) |
| ................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) |
| Atlas Supporting Heavens on his Shoulders (Greco-Roman narrative) |
| ................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) http://primo.getty.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=GETTY_ROSETTAIE620441&indx=1&recIds=GETTY_ROSETTAIE620441&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbg=&vl(96033584UI1)=all_items&&dscnt=0&scp.scps=scope%3A%28GETTY_EAD2%29%2Cscope%3A%28GETTY_NEWBOOKS%29%2Cscope%3A%28GETTY_ROSETTA%29%2Cscope%3A%28GETTY_ALMA%29&vl(1UIStartWith0)=exact&vl(21781791UI0)=any&vid=GRI&mode=Basic&srt=rank&tab=all_gri&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=Atlas%20Supporting%20&dstmp=1499368036060 |
| ................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 91B12661 Atlas supporting the heavens on his shoulders |
| ................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) |
| ................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Atlas," accessed 9 July 2017 |
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