Ulysses da Sirens (Waterhouse)

Zane ne na Ulysses da Sirens wanda aka yi a shekarar 1891 ta mai zane-zanen Pre-Raphaelite John William Waterhouse. A halin yanzu ana ajiye shi a cikin Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasa na Victoria, Melbourne, Ostiraliya.

 Bayani 
Aikin ya nuna wani yanayi daga tsohon tarihin Girkanci na Odyssey, inda Sirens ke ƙoƙarin amfani da waƙar sihirinsu don jawo hankalin jarumi mai suna Odysseus da ma'aikatansa zuwa ga ruwa mai haɗari. Kamar yadda Odyssey ya bayyana, ma'aikatan Odysseus sun riga sun toshe kunnuwansu don kare kansu daga waƙar Sirens, amma Odysseus, yana son jin Sirens, ya umarci ma'aikatansa da su ɗaure shi a kan mast don ya sami jin daɗin sauraro ba tare da yin kasada ga kansa ko jirginsa ba.

Abin da ya fi tayar da hankali a zanen Waterhouse shi ne yadda ya zana Sirens, domin ya bambanta sosai da tunanin zamanin Victorian na yanzu. Duk da cewa da yawa daga cikin masu kallo na farko sun yi tsammanin ganin Sirens a matsayin tsuntsaye masu kama da tsuntsaye, sun yi mamakin ganin su a matsayin halittu masu kama da tsuntsaye masu kawunan mata.[1] Duk da haka, a lokacin da aka fara baje kolin, mai sukar mujallar The Magazine of Art Marion H. Spielmann ta lura cewa ra'ayin Sirens mai rabin tsuntsu da rabin mace yana da goyon bayan zane-zanen Sirens iri ɗaya da na Waterhouse a kan tukwanen Girka na gargajiya.[2]

 Nunin Baje Kolin 
An fara nuna zanen a shekarar 1891 a Royal Academy, Landan, inda aka yaba masa saboda kyakkyawan wakilcin da aka yi masa. A watan Yuni na wannan shekarar, Sir Hubert von Herkomer ya sayi aiki don National Gallery of Victoria, kuma tun daga lokacin ya kasance a cikin tarin kayan tarihi."Ulysses and the Sirens". NGV. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

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