Midas touch art

This picture shows us again how Midas is turning his daughter into gold due to his sinful ways of being greedy and putting money before everything else.

"So Midas, King of Lydia, swelled at first with pride when he found he could transform everything he touched to gold; but when he beheld his food grow rigid and his drink harden into golden ice then he understood that this gift was a bane and in his loathing for gold, cursed his prayer"

for the stylebible of this year's life ball, photographer inge prader has brings the painted personages of gustav klimt to life.

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King Midas (Ancient Greek: Μίδας) was a king of Phrygia (Anatolia). He is best known for the myth of Midas and the Golden Touch and for judging a music contest between Pan and Apollo. There are many, and often contradictory, legends about the early life of ancient King Midas. In one, Midas was a child adopted by King Gordias and Cybele. According to another, Midas was the son of Gordios, a poor peasant, and a Telmissian maiden of the prophetic race. When Midas grew up to be a handsome and…

Illustration I did among other amazing artists for "Mythbook 2" project.