The Myth of Prometheus is a series of five panels painted by Piero di Cosimo. It shows Prometheus standing before a life-size statue.
| Artist | Piero di Cosimo |
|---|---|
| Year | 1515 |
| Type | Oil on panel |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg |
Famous quotes containing the words myth and/or prometheus:
“Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there.... Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)
“Man, became man through work, who stepped out of the animal kingdom as transformer of the natural into the artificial, who became therefore the magician, man the creator of social reality, will always stay the great magician, will always be Prometheus bringing fire from heaven to earth, will always be Orpheus enthralling nature with his music. Not until humanity itself dies will art die.”
—Ernst Fischer (1899–1972)