Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus

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Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus is a dramatic Romantic-era oil painting by J.M.W. Turner depicting Odysseus’s taunting escape from the blinded Cyclops Polyphemus in Homer’s Odyssey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic painting
oil painting
painting
artHistoricalPeriod 19th century
artStyle Turner’s late style
basedOn Odyssey
basedOnWorkBy Homer
city London
linked to: London, England
collection National Gallery collection
linked to: National Gallery
completionDate 1829
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator J. M. W. Turner
depicts Cyclops
linked to: Cyclopes

Odysseus
Polyphemus
Ulysses taunting Polyphemus
Ulysses’s ship
blinded Polyphemus
rocky coastline
scene from the Odyssey
sea
sunrise
exhibitionHistory Royal Academy of Arts, London
firstExhibited Royal Academy of Arts, London
firstExhibitedDate 1829
genre history painting
marine painting
hasPart dramatic sky
figures of sailors
intense light effects
mythological figures
inception 1829
languageOfTitle English
locatedIn National Gallery, London
linked to: National Gallery
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Romanticism
narrativeMoment Ulysses revealing his name to Polyphemus
escape from Polyphemus’s cave
notableWorkOf J. M. W. Turner
subjectMatter Greek mythology
Homeric epic
title Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, Homer’s Odyssey

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Joseph Mallord William Turner notableWork Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus
subject linked to: Joseph
Turner Bequest hasPart Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus title Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus
Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus title Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, Homer’s Odyssey
linked to: Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus