Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Frederic, Lord Leighton - Perseus and Andromeda - Google Art Project.jpg

Perseus and Andromeda

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Original – Perseus is flying above on his winged horse Pegasus, shooting his arrow, towards the sea monster. Andromeda's twisted body is depicted against the dark masses of the monster's body. The white body of Andromeda is stressed in her pure and untouched innocence, an unfair sacrifice for a divine punishment that was not directed towards her, but her mother.

Reason

Good scan, own article. EV + dramatic, masterful depiction by a good artist. Andromeda's stupid, arrogant and evil mother was showing off and claiming she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs. Their father, the God of sea, has decided to send a sea monster to haunt her kingdom as a divine punishment for her pomposity. The Queen and King then decided to sacrifice their daughter - instead of saying sorry, I was an idiot. Andromeda was tied by the sea at the rocks, in chains, to be murdered by the monster.

Articles in which this image appears

Perseus and Andromeda (Leighton) - Andromeda (mythology), Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, Walker Art Gallery

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Lord Frederic Leighton

• Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 13:43, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support Wowish, never seen this before. Brandmeister^talk 18:51, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Very nice image. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:40, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - No need to say why, because reasons are clear. As Persians (Persian: ناگفته پیداست) say «That is shown without saying». Alborzagros (talk) 14:04, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

• - Hafspajen (talk) 21:08, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

• Support-Great image!--Godot13 (talk) 22:59, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support -Jobas (talk) 01:02, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support New one for me...and such detail.--Mark Miller (talk) 09:25, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support Yann (talk) 12:49, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Frederic, Lord Leighton - Perseus and Andromeda - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:10, 17 April 2015 (UTC)