Fauns at JSG
by Al Bourassa
Title
Fauns at JSG
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
Per Wikipedia: The faun is a mythological half human–half goat creature appearing in Ancient Rome.
The goat man, more commonly affiliated with the Satyrs of Greek mythology or Fauns of Roman, is a bipedal creature with the legs and tail of a goat and the head, arms and torso of a man and is often depicted with goat's horns and pointed ears. These creatures in turn borrowed their appearance from the god Pan of the Greek pantheon. They were a symbol of fertility, and their chieftain was Silenus, a minor deity of Greek mythology.
Romans believed fauns inspired fear in men traveling in lonely, remote or wild places. They were also capable of guiding humans in need, as in the fable of The Satyr and the Traveller, in the title of which Latin authors substituted the word Faunus. Fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures: whereas fauns are half-man and half-goat, satyrs originally were depicted as stocky, hairy, ugly dwarves or woodwoses with the ears and tails of horses or asses. Satyrs also were more woman-loving than fauns, and fauns were rather foolish where satyrs had more knowledge.
Ancient Roman mythological belief also included a god named Faunus often associated with enchanted woods and the Greek god Pan and a goddess named Fauna who were goat people.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken Feb 14/18 at “Joes’ Secret Garden” (https://joessecretgarden.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html) in Cuenca, Ecuador, South America nestled in the Andes Mountains.
Final processing done with Smart Photo Editor and Photoshop.
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November 22nd, 2019
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Comments (5)
Jerry Fornarotto
Very nice LF
Al Bourassa replied:
Jerry, THANK YOU for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group Jerry, THANK YOU for commenting and favouring this artwork.
Al Bourassa
Scott Wallace Digital Designs, THANK YOU for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group FAA Portraits
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Al Bourassa replied:
John, THANK YOU for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group and THANK YOU for commenting and favouring this artwork.
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