Caress of the Sphinx

Caress of the Sphinx (also known as Art) is an 1896 painting by the Belgian Symbolist artist Fernand Khnopff (1858–1921) famed for its depiction of androgyny.[1] The work is an interpretation of the French symbolist painter Gustave Moreau's 1864 painting Oedipus and the Sphinx.[2][3][4]

Caress of the Sphinx, 1896

The painting is in the permanent collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.[5]

This painting is referred to in the story The Caress of the book Axiomatic, a collection of short science fiction stories by Greg Egan.

It is pointed out in the book Enchanting David Bowie[6] that the album cover artwork by Guy Peellaert for the rock star's 1974 album Diamond Dogs possesses striking similarities to the painting.[7]

References
  1. "Classics-Art 300 Lectures 18–19 | Dr. David Soren, Regents Professor". soren.faculty.arizona.edu.
  2. "The Caresses (The Sphinx) | painting by Khnopff". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  3. Cole, Brendan (2009). "Nature and the Ideal in Khnopff's Avec Verhaeren: Un Ange and Art, or the Caresses". The Art Bulletin. 91 (3): 325–342 – via JSTOR.
  5. "Fernand Khnopff: Caresses of the Sphinx—Masterworks (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels)". Films Media Group.
  6. Enchanting David Bowie (2015 Bloomsbury eds. Toija Cinque, Christopher More, Sean Edmond)
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