Masquerading the satyrs and hamadryads as famous characters in the history of art is the primary burlesque idea of the Petite Commande. |
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He is said to have come from the East, with his maenads, fauns, satyrs, and wine lunacy. |
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This Tremolo offshoot's good-time electronica sounds like a Nintendo system haunted by fairies and satyrs. |
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Sea foam and a large whirling wave submerge Renaissance-style domes, while muscled, skirted satyrs on horseback attempt to ride upstream. |
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His following is made up of satyrs and sileni and maenads, who seem possessed or intoxicated. |
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In keeping with the theme of the game, many are drawn from mythology, such as harpies, Minotaurs, skeletal centaurs, satyrs et al. |
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The youthful naked satyrs, dancing contentedly with their scantily clad female partners, are no longer shown ithyphallic. |
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The Petite Commande, a suite of statues of satyrs and hamadryads, embodied the rustic character of the place. |
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Running to the sound, she found a group of travelers about to fall to a band of satyrs. |
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These scenes may have Dionysiac associations and bring to mind the amorous encounters between satyrs and maenads. |
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The bacchanal theme is underlined by the presence of a large ewer placed above and behind the satyrs on a pillar. |
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Nymphs and satyrs in Florentine bronze smirked and capered in the recesses of the pale gray wall, relieved by mouldings and medallions in unburnished gold. |
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Mimic horses, satyrs, bird figures, and other animal imitations were much in evidence. |
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For many years, the painter had specialised in bucolic themes starring nymphs and satyrs. |
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Meadow grass harbors the tiny caterpillars of ringlets and satyrs. |
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Dionysos and his satyrs, nymphs, and maenads are, of course, found everywhere in the ancient world, but they appear most frequently in dining rooms and gardens. |
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However, if you are close to a woodland, there are some shade-loving butterflies, such as the satyrs, that will only be present if there is some shade available. |
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Clodion worked mostly in terra-cotta, his preferred subject matter being nymphs, satyrs, bacchantes, and other Classical figures sensually portrayed. |
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An attribute of Dionysus and his satyrs was the thyrsus, a staff topped by a pinecone and sometimes further decorated with vine or ivy leaves and grapes. |
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Nymphs and satyrs frolic over the ceiling in a salon reserved to males. |
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The Greeks associated it with the gods Dionysus, Aphrodite and Artemis as well as with satyrs and cupids. |
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Themes featured include seductive satyrs and naughty nymphs, fabulous fan dancing fantasies, foxy ladies, beautifully held boom boxes, hot holograms and cheesecake pin-ups. |
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Satyrs and sileni are depicted in art and literature in the company of nymphs, whom they constantly pursue. |
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Satyrs and nymphs gambol about him harmlessly, and Silenus is a cheerful old soak. |
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