Snatching Proserpine-Bernini 1621-1622 (225cm) Borghese Art Museum-Rome This sculpture is based on ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Protagonist: Pluto-Pluto (Called Hades in Greek mythology) Pluto's wife-Proserpine (Greek mythology called Persephone) Other characters: The head of the gods-Jupiter (Called Zeus in Greek mythology) The grain god-Ceres (called Demeter in Greek mythology) The young and beautiful Proserpina is the daughter of Jupiter and Ceres. Pluto was deeply attracted by her beauty, and he fell in love with her. Once, Proserpina was picking flowers by the lake of Pegusa (located in Sicily), and Pluto ignored Proserpin's resistance and forcibly took her to the underworld. Ceres, the mother of Procepina, found her daughter missing and looked for her like a mad, but to no avail. Later she approached Jupiter for help. Jupiter ordered his brother Pluto to return his daughter. Pluto played a trick when returning, letting Prosapina eat the pomegranate from the underworld. So she must be in the underworld in the second half of each year, and can live with her mother in the first half of the year. Therefore, spring and summer are the seasons for vegetation growth, while autumn and winter are the cold seasons. From the sculpture, you can see the ruthlessness of Pluto. He cruelly grasped Prosapina, letting her struggle. The girl panicked and frightened. Although she knew that struggling was useless, she was desperately resisting Pluto. Snatching Proserpina Bernini (detail) The entire sculpture becomes an "X". Bernini uses a diagonal composition to make the viewer's visual points cross and then extend infinitely. This has produced a movement trend in the vagueness. According to the presentation of the picture, Pluto should be unstable. His knees were bent, the soles of his front feet were on the ground, and his back feet had only three toes to support his body. If this position is normal, you can stand, but the protagonist is holding a young girl. It can be seen that there is a sense of strength, movement and instability in the invisible. Furthermore, let's take a look at girls. The girl's resistance is clear at a glance, and then look at her face. Yes, she was crying, and there were still tears on her face. How wronged and scared she is. I wonder if you have noticed that there is a three-headed dog next to Proserpine's feet. It is a hell dog and is responsible for guarding Pluto. It doesn't seem to be an offending character when it looks open and howling.