Doomed
Tragic love as showcased in Greek mythology
Collection Description
Our project revolves around tragic love in Greek mythology. We find this very interesting due to how it has influenced popular culture, and how the themes found in tragic love echo through to today’s media. We collected art of Orpheus and Eurydice, Paris and Helen, Adonis and Venus, Apollo and Hyacinthus, Jason and Medea, Narcissus and Echo, Pyramus and Thisbe, Achilles and Patroclus, and Ariadne and Theseus — all couples whose stories ended in tragedy. The art in this collection was created from the 15th century through the 19th century. This collection is aimed towards those fascinated with Greek mythology and how common themes in media today have origins in tragedy from long ago. Our collection can be used as a starting point for further research into the tragedies we compiled, for a scholarly or general audience. People can also use it as a database to find media showcasing specific art regarding tragic love. Our collection is artwork, mostly made up of paintings and etchings, with a few other mediums scattered throughout. We pulled from many different museums and galleries around the world, including the British Museum in London, England, the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California.
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The template repository features four objects from the University of Idaho Library’s Digital Collections. Featured image by JJ Ying on Unsplash.
Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder
This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.
Using the CollectionBuilder-CSV template and the static website generator Jekyll, this project creates an engaging interface to explore driven by metadata.
