On the construction of a pantheon
Discuss how these were more then illustrations/how these were scenes from a known, overarching cultural narrative.
Humans make Pantheons.
These Pantheons are full of characters who are Human and yet More-Than-Human.
Old gods had human shapes and human flaws and the power to literally shape the world.
Pop-culture establishes wide Pantheon-esque casts of super humans in super-human adventures who nevertheless have human flaws.
Occasionally this extends to figures extant in history, who are celebrated as heroic/larger-than-human for their achievements.
Modern Artists capitalize on this method of construction to
tell their own stories.
Pantheons cross media to tell their stories; Pantheons involve on characters with recognizable icongraphies; Artworks made involving a pantheon act as prompts to evoke the larger narrative that you already know (because it is culturally significant); Pantheons take root in the minds of their participants and change over time/across region/depending on who is telling the stories; There can be a personal component to Pantheon-ic stories (Personal beliefs/fandoms/the concept of “Headcanon")
start at xstian stuff: St Anthony's temptaiton by someone significant.
van eyck's enunciation. > Gabriel's excellent wings.
Deposition
-- Talk about earlier examples of this
Greek > ajax and achilles by exekias
Egyptian > narrative image of sekhmet possibly. gods were very human\
-- talk about modern examples.
superman and batman.
Moebius > batman image.
Moebius >
Jorg immendorf.
RAlph Steadman's Gonzo imagery
Ralph Steadman's Alice in Wonderland imagery
Alice in Wonderland original illustrations
-- Modern pantheon creation
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Moi!
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