Pygmalion

Pygmalion and Galatea

Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune(Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide, Paris 1806).

Recounted by Ovid in about 5 CE

In Art – Edward Burne-Jones

Pygmalion and the Image – The Godhead Fires 1878

Pygmalion and the Image – The Hand Refrains 1878

In Art – Edward Burne-Jones

Pygmalion and the Image – The Heart Desires 1878

Pygmalion and the Image – The Soul Attains 1878

In Art - Jean-Léon Gérôme

Pygmalion and Galatea 1890

W. S. Gilbert’s Pygmalion and Galatea

A blank-verse play in three acts. 1871.

Pygmalion is married to Cynisca.

She first encourages his interest in his statue because she is often away, and she doesn't want her husband to be bored.

But when the statue comes to life, trouble begins. Galatea is born so innocent that she appears wayward and disrupts the lives she touches during her less-than-twenty-four hours in the flesh.

Under the fire of Cynisca's jealousy, Galatea decides that her original state was happier, and turns back into a statue.

G. B. Shaw’s Pygmalion

First American (serialized) publication, Everybody's Magazine, November 1912

Pygmalion – The Movie 1938

Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADz07k_wXU

My Fair Lady

The play (1956) : Julie Andrews: Wouldn’t it be loverly?

The movie (1964) : Audrey Hepburn: The Rain In Spain

The Old vs the New

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDEdd5Moffc

Modern Popular Culture

On May 22, 2008, the Final Jeopardy question was:

Its preface says, “The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.”

Answer:

Modern Popular Culture

On May 22, 2008, the Final Jeopardy question was:

Its preface says, “The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.”

Answer: What is Pygmalion?

Modern Popular Culture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQaJHuNCMGA

The Pygmalion Effect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTghEXKNj7g

The Pentamerone

A collection of stories by Giambattista Basile (1575 – 1632)

Pintosmalto

What’s different about this one?

Figure Heads

Drowne’s Wooden Image

A story by Nathaniel Hawthorne

(1804 – 1864)

Lady with Scarf. Carved in 1820 by Isaac Fowle, this figurehead is thought to have been used in Fowle's shop as a sample for further orders. This figurehead may have inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's story "Drowne's Wooden Image."

The Perfect Woman

The Perfect Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoir42j0ORE

What Our Creations Say About Ourselves

• Galatea

• Olympia

• Drowne’s Wooden Image

• Pintosmalto

• Gavin

Loyalty:

What Our Creations Say About Ourselves

Other attributes?

Pygmalion Meets the 21st Century

http://cloudgirlfriend.com/