muses

(noun)

Goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology.

Related Terms

  • muse
  • fine arts
  • Pop art

Examples of muses in the following topics:

  • Who Is an Artist?

    • Each of the nine muses of ancient Greece oversaw a different field of human creation.
    • However, there was no muse identified with the painting and sculpture; ancient Greek culture held these art forms in low social regard, considering work of this sort to be more along the lines of manual labor.
  • Variations in Accuracy

  • Quoting Relevant Passages

    • "Margate's Shrine to Eliot's Muse. " The Guardian.
  • The Bayeux Tapestry

    • The tapestry is now exhibited at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Bayeux, Normandy, France.
  • Ceramics in the Greek Early Classical Period

    • Muse with Lyre.
  • Sonata Form: The Development

    • The opening of the verse in Muse's "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" is a prominent example from recent pop/rock music (there it is followed by a circle-of-fifths progression; see below).
    • The verse of Muse's "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" begins with a lament progression, followed by a four-chord circle-of-fifths progression.
    • Song: Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist Album: Absolution (2004) Artist: Muse
    • Song: Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist Album: Absolution (2004) Artist: Muse
  • Mathura Style

    • Buddha from the Gupta period, Musée Guimet, Paris.
  • Manuscript Printing

    • His two documented works are the remarkable Coronation of the Virgin (1453–54, Villeneuve-les-Avignon) and The Virgin of Mercy (1452, Musée Condé, Chantilly).
  • Primitivism and Cubism

    • Other works of Picasso's African Period include the Bust of a Woman (1907, in the National Gallery, Prague); Mother and Child (Summer 1907, in the Musée Picasso, Paris); Nude with Raised Arms (1907, in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain); and Three Women (Summer 1908, in the Hermitage Museum, St.
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