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Antique myths in seventeen engravings by Dmitry Margolin
Margolin Dmitry- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- 60 × 45 cm
- Year
- 2020
A frenzied bacchanal of satyrs and nymphs dances and grapples together beneath dark trees under a clouded sky.
- Style
- Graphic
- Mood
- Energetic
- Themes
- Classical Mythology · Figurative · Nude · Women
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About this work
A crowded group of nude satyrs and nymphs surges across a forest clearing in a chaotic dance. At the center a heavyset bearded satyr strains forward bent at the waist, flanked by embracing couples, while at right two more figures spin with arms flung overhead; thick woodland closes in behind them except for a strip of open sky where a bird wheels.
Rendered in dense, energetic cross-hatching typical of etching, the composition builds deep blacks in the foliage against the pale bodies, giving the scene a turbulent, torch-lit intensity. Musculature is exaggerated and gestures are thrown wide, so the whole print reads as a single surge of drunken motion.
