The Awakening Of Adonis Analysis

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On further analysis of The Awakening of Adonis by John William Waterhouse one can notice that there's more to the story then just the eye can see. “From that moment on she was drawn to him. The sound of her voice was no longer heard on Olympus, for she had no desire to be, where he could not go” (Gods). From that moment on, when Aphrodite first had laid her eyes on Adonis she was hooked. She did not want to go anywhere that Adonis could not go. She wanted to be with him for the rest of his and her life, letting nothing come between them. Aphrodite is a married goddess though. And by falling in love with Adonis she has stirred up the waters on Mount Olympus. This forbidden love caused some anger to brew from the gods so they sent a wild animal
Susan Sontag talks of this in her composition of essays Against Interpretation. She says “It does not matter whether an artist intends or does not intend for their work of art to be interpreted” (Sontag 6). But patience is key when one is interpreting and analyzing a painting, there must be no aspect looked over for an accurate analysis. For example in The Awakening of Adonis one can interpret the work of art as a man that is hurt and a women is coming to his help with her little angels around her to help and protect them as she heals the man. But somebody else can look at this painting and see something like a man who is sleeping while a woman steals his possessions and the little children help her. But the main point is that is does not matter if John Waterhouse wanted people to see the myth of Aphrodite and Adonis or something completely different. Because even if he wanted people to see a greek myth he cannot force their minds to interpret his painting in only the way he wants it interpreted. A painting will be interpreted just as the viewer wants to interpret it. But that is what makes it a work of art, the fact that one single image can mean so many different things and make so many different stories all because of the backgrounds and history of the people who are interpreting it. But a true skill would be for an artist to

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