Another set of three prints, but this time I'm putting them in a single post, mostly because each print contains two-thirds of the elements contained in the next. And they tell a story. As you can see, the idea for these originated in me thinking about ancient Greek red-figure vases. And within them, the basic story of so many myths:
1. To take the maiden. The monster, driven by baser instincts, seek to drag the maiden to his lair and ravish her.
2. To sheath his sword. The maiden seeks to tame and disarm the hero. Domesticate him. I did think of her chasing with a spindle and distaff in a nod to Heracles. Or maybe more explicitly, she could be holding the sheath for his sword, cuz we all know the Latin for sheath. But all that was too much detail.
3. To slay the monster. The duty of every young man. The beast within, maybe. The adventure that marks his entry into maturity, and so be deserving of the maiden.
I also mixed up my Greeks and Romans here, so my use of the Latin. It always amused me that our modern understanding of curriculum comes from schooling or the corporate world, but for a Roman it was the kind of course where you raced your chariots. So it has a kind of circularity to it, and gives the idea of thee three racing round in circles.
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