1. Greek Gods: Artistic Representations

2. Aphrodite by Steve Henderson
What do you notice about this picture?
What interpretations can you form based off of the above response? (This is analysis!)

3. Aphrodite Poster by Jupiter Images
What do you notice about this picture?
What interpretations can you form based off of the above response? (This is analysis!)

4. Aphrodite by Rachel Santel
What do you notice about this picture?
What interpretations can you form based off of the above response? (This is analysis!)

5. Summary of Analysis
The sea is evident in all three pictures making it one of her most prominent features.
In the literal myth, Aphrodite is born from the sea but symbolically the sea can be associated with love, beauty, rebellion
The white and blue colors in the paintings are also contrasted with orange and red tones which reveal the dangerous side to love and beauty and while the orange/red tones are absent in the first picture, the wave behind her is rough and therefore highlights the “Storm” and danger behind the beauty she possesses
She seems to be admiring herself in all three pictures which portrays her as somewhat vain and self centered.

6. Key Information Summary
Role: God of love, beauty, pleasure
Symbols: Dove, Myrtle, Hearts
Two Interesting Facts:
Name means “Born from Sea Foam” because she actually was!! (from Uranus’ Genitals)

7. Aphrodite Nails
This product alludes to Aphrodite’s role as the Goddess of beauty
This company recognized how one perceives an “Aphrodite figure” as someone who is flawlessly beautiful and therefore created a product that will associate the nails with flawless beauty.

8. Your Task from here…
For your assigned god/dess, you will create a PowerPoint like this one. It must contain
7 slides TOTAL.
Title slide
1 “Key Information” slide summarizing the roles, symbols, +2 interesting facts
3 general images depicting the deity (with sources, please!)
1 analysis summary slide that looks at all three images together, identifying and analyzing patterns across the images as well as discussing differences
1 image of a modern use of/allusion to the god.
You will share the summary of analysis slide + modern allusion with the class

9. Analysis Questions & sentence starters
Questions to ask while looking at the pictures:
What actions are taking place?
What are the facial expressions? How do they characterize the individual? What mood do they indicate?
What other objects are in the pictures?
What is most prominently featured vs. what is in the background
Analysis Sentence Starters for your presentation
In this picture we notice that…
The colors of the image suggest a mood of _____
This image represents the god/dess (positively/negatively) because
The background suggests…
Analysis Questions & sentence starters
These are some questions to ask to get you thinking about how to look at