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paintings feature heroines. This painting is specifically a mythological painting, which is a work of art depicting a myth or scene from a myth. Ariadne is shown draped in sheer white fabric, lounged on a low cushion bed with a vibrant red blanket with gold tassels underneath her. She is reclined with one leg stretching out over the edge of the mattress with her bare foot over the edge of the cushion, while her other leg is bent and completely covered with her knee towards the sky. Her head is turned downward behind her raised hand and her back is to the sea. Ariadne's face is a picture of despair with one hand reaching out and the other shielding her face. Her hair in up with a braid across the top her head. A gold bracelet adorns each arm. In the background to the left, Theseus's ship is seen with its sail up and heading towards the soft pink horizon. On the right, directly behind
Ariadne, is a large rock that obstructs the view of the sea in the background. The ground surrounding her is composed of dirt and grasses and her sandals are strewn on the ground at the end of the cushion. There is a box of jewels near Ariadne in the foreground, with a necklace falling out of it. Ariadne is alone in her despair. Sarah Wadstrom, in her masters thesis, compares Ariadne's pose to a woman's pose reacting to the massacre of Agamemnon in plate 148 of Winckelmann's
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is a member of those being sacrificed one year and volunteers to kill the
Minotaur. Ariadne falls in love with Theseus and helps him through the labyrinth with thread or jewels. Some versions state Theseus declares that he'll marry her if he makes it out alive, while others say Ariadne asked to marry
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as it depicts a subject from literature. Kauffman is considered the first woman painter to take on these subjects, as they were done exclusively by men beforehand. Many academics at the time were open about their dislike of her gender in relation to being a history painter. Many of
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painter in the 18th century in Europe and is credited with popularizing the
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Kauffman was recognized to have talent in her youth and her father encouraged her development in painting and education in Italy. She lived in England for 15 years, where she was highly regarded and sought after. Kauffman was one of two women founders of the British Royal Academy. She
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There are a variety of textures present in the painting done by means of brushstroke technique. The landscape has more visible brushstrokes, whereas
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him. Many variations of this myth exist due to different translations. There are three main variations that involve
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