Monday, October 18, 2004

In this painting, Dionysus, Dali depicts the God Dionysus through visual representations of the woman and the man in the foreground, and the workers of the fields in the background. Dionysus was the God of wine, agriculture and fertility. Dionysus is depicted as the man who is comprised of the wine bottle. The cherries in his pelvic region obvious are symbolic of the testicles of men which are essential in reproduction. The woman next to him symbolizes fertility. Within her womb region, which is exaggerated extremely, there are many different pictures of fruit all which symbolize the fertility of her womb, and the ability of her to bear "fruit". Next, in the background, the workers tending to the fields represent agriculture.

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