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An exhibition of erotic mythological depictions opens in the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
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Romantic stories involving the gods, demigods and mortals of Greek mythology have been popular themes throughout centuries of different styles in European art, says the museum’s official page.
The tales of passionate emotions and erotic adventures became widely known through the interpretations of Roman poets, especially Ovid. The gods and goddesses of the ancient Greeks, created in their own image, have genuine human characteristics that anyone can identify with. Works of art portraying the feckless deeds or vehement feelings of the Olympians provide an endless source of entertainment. The power of attraction and seduction, the acceptance or rejection of another’s approach, and love that culminates in fulfilment or goes unrequited – these are timeless and universal themes both in human life and in art.
These are the themes explored in mythological depictions at this cabinet exhibition, compiled from the holdings of the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest and the Hungarian National Gallery.
I am surprised that the exhibition has not been cancelled under the so called ‘Child Protection Law’. After all, only parents are supposed to give their children sex education, right? Perhaps the government will insist that the genitalia are covered up and each painting will have to have a warning sign.