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The Rape of the Sabine Women (Latin: Sabinae raptae, Classical pronunciation: [saˈbiːnae̯ ˈraptae̯]; lit. ' the kidnapped Sabine women ' ), also known as the Abduction of the Sabine Women or the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women , was an incident in the legendary history of Rome in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young ...
‘The Rape of the Sabines: The Invasion’ by Charles Christian Nahl (Public domain) Instead of an alliance, however, the Romans ended up in a war with the Sabines, as they were obviously outraged that their women were forcibly taken by the Romans. After the allies of the Sabines were defeated, the Romans fought the Sabines themselves.
The story of the rape – or abduction – of the Sabine women would have been well known to Rubens and his clients. It was a famous moment in the legends surrounding the founding of Rome, referred to by several classical writers, including Plutarch, Ovid, Virgil and Livy.
The Rape of the Sabine Women. (Poussin) The legendary rape of the Sabine women is the subject of two oil paintings by Nicolas Poussin. [a] The first version was painted in Rome about 1634 or 1635 and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, catalogued as The Abduction of the Sabine Women. [1]
The Rape of the Sabines, 1579–1583. Height: 410cm (13ft, 5tn). Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. Abduction of a Sabine Woman (or The Rape of the Sabine) is a large and complex marble statue by the Flemish sculptor and architect Giambologna (Johannes of Boulogne). It was completed between 1579 and 1583 [1] for Cosimo I de' Medici. [2]
Mar 20, 2008 · A film by Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation explores the myth of the rape of the Sabine women, a founding story of Rome, as a paradigm of artistic adaptation and cultural violence. The film juxtaposes ancient and modern settings, references, and styles, and challenges the heroic and masculinist aspects of classicism.
Picasso painted a series of works inspired by the classical myth of the abduction of the Sabine women by the Romans. He used the myth to comment on the Cuban Missile Crisis and the threat of nuclear war in his time.
