Kharities (Triptych)

Serie: Large Format Artworks

Technique: Latex on canvas

Size: 85 x 190 cm

Year: 2007

The Three Graces

Daughters of Zeus and the nymph Eurynome (daughter of the Ocean Titan), the Three Graces were the goddesses of all that was associated with joy, beauty, adornment, art, music, glory, dance, festivity and rejoicing.

They presided over the banquets, the dances and all the pleasant activities and celebrations, in short, everything that could be pleasant, pleasant, interesting, attractive in the world.

They gave gods and mortals joy, eloquence, liberality and wisdom, the genius to be an artist and were regular company on Olympus of Aphrodite and Eros and are closely related to the Muses.

They are usually represented as three intertwined naked female figures performing a dance.

Thaleia or Thalia is the goddess of festivity and lustful feasts. Her name also means "the flourishing one" in the sense of the greening and blooming of spring. Its rose is characterized by large clusters of creamy white with double buds that are very aromatic.

Aglaia personifies beauty, splendor, reason and glory. The rose that bears her name is white with yellowish-cream reflections, a vigorous and charming flower with a strong and pleasant fragrance.

Euphrosyne or Euphrosine is the goddess of good spirits, youth, joy, exhilaration and friendship. The flower named in her honor is a rose of strong color when it opens its bud, but it pales with the passage of days. It blooms in the form of bouquets and its fragrance is attractive, reminiscent of the aroma of tea.

The work combines a current version of the Hellenic bas-relief of the "Three Graces" found in the Louvre Museum and dating from the s. III BC those who are missing their heads and feet, accompanied by their respective roses, creations of a 19th century French botanist.

The three sisters are linked, performing a voluptuous dance.

It is a composition of great simplicity that gets its rhythm from the sinuosity of the bodies.