Hygieia goddess art

There was once a dreaded Goddess in Ancient Rome known as Febris who caused illness, disease, and pestilence. It is from Febris where we get the English word fever. A word that is generally used to describe a symptom of various illnesses and diseases often characterized by increased body temperature, thirst, shivering, headache, and in

The archetypal meaning she conveys is the one of Medicine Woman, connected to the infinite cosmic healing energy. In one hand she holds her Cup of limitless potentialities, in the other, a snake acting as a lighting rod that conducts the power and serves her to perform quantum healing.

A graphite sketch of the Greek goddess of health and daughter of the god of medicine. She was typically pictured with a snake drinking out of a medicine... Hygieia

Hygieia, Hygeia (Greek: Υγιεία) is the goddess of health, daughter of Asclepius and Epione. The origin of the word "hygiene" is associated with the name of the goddess. In Greek art, she was depicted, as a rule, together with Asclepius in the form of a young, beautiful girl with blooming health, holding in her hands a bowl from which she feeds a snake (the emblem of medicine). . #art #slifart #art_slif #traditionalart #sketch #sketchbook #markers #colorpencil #hugeia #Hygiene #Snake

Photographed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.

This regal artwork depicts Hera, the queen of Olympus, standing in her divine glory. Draped in flowing robes and crowned with a golden diadem, she embodies power, grace, and protection over family and marriage. A perfect homage to the ancient Greek goddess. #Hera #QueenOfTheGods #GreekMythology #GoddessOfMarriage #OlympianDeities #MythologicalArt #EpicFigures

Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Michelangelo. Here we really see Michelangelo's genius. Not for art, but for politics. You see, Lorenzo was notoriously unattractive, yet fabulously rich. Michelangelo made a canny decision to create a decidedly idealized version of his patron.