athena (european mythology and etc) created by sandro botticelli
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Pallas and the Centaur, painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482. Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

Interpretation (Wikipedia)

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"Pallas [Athena] is a figure of reason, restraining the beast of our nature – also represented by the centaur – by the hair and looking at it with no fear. This has been connected with Sigmund Freud’s theory of the unconscious, and also to the Renaissance Neo-Platonist Marsilio Ficino's idea of the human soul as part animal and part human. It has been interpreted as an allegory on the peace after the Pazzi wars."

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" This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. "

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sandro_Botticelli_-_Pallade_e_il_centauro_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg ( Accessed November 7, 2017 )

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    Chevazan

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    Now I know where it comes from that artists draw so huge horse balls. The idea is more than 535 years old.

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    ggdk

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    Conszious said:
    Now I know where it comes from that artists draw so huge horse balls. The idea is more than 535 years old.

    Back on those days - you could paint furry art in church... or have it hanging in the biggest houses of the nobility, and no one would bat an eye lid. Where did we go wrong? :D

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    BodyBuildingBabby

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    ggdk said:
    Back on those days - you could paint furry art in church... or have it hanging in the biggest houses of the nobility, and no one would bat an eye lid. Where did we go wrong? :D

    Probably with the diaper fetishes and blue neon vaginas.

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    WinterWoodwere1

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    bodybuildingbabby said:
    Probably with the diaper fetishes and blue neon vaginas.

    The moment "beast-WOman" got into the mix it all fell apart. This may seem sexist, and it is... but that's because the church was ok with showing men being wild like beasts, but women really troubled them for some reason. You only ever really see them with unicorns, but even then I think only 1, maybe 2 instances of beastwoman-unicorm exist. Also Michaelangelo had a cartoon of a she-satyr... and he sent that to his crush: tomasso... poor tomasso...

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