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Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise Humanity by Jean-Léon Gérôme (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Okay I thought this was cool so I looked for more information which I will now share with the class.

This is not The truth at the bottom of a well. This is Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity) .

From Wikipedia:

Starting in the mid-1890s, during the final decade of his life, Gérôme made at least four paintings personifying Truth as a nude woman, either thrown into, at the bottom of, or emerging from a well. The imagery arises from a translation of an aphorism of the philosopher Democritus, "Of truth we know nothing, for truth is in a well".

Also from Wikipedia: They think it's about a political scandal (Dreyfus Affair) and also a protest against Impressionism.

Neat!

Bonus, the other paintings The nurturer Truth lies in a well, having been killed by liars and actors

Truth is at the Bottom of the Well (different from the other one previously mentioned above)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Thank you that was informative and was glad to see the another painting in the collection. Also nice to get context on a painting.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait a minute, WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE! The Lens of Truth being at the bottom of a well in Zelda is based on something and not just a weird little dungeon?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hot damn!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

So like The Ring but 100 years earlier?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is not The truth at the bottom of a well. This is Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity) .

My bad. The post title is now updated with the correct name.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Oh, sorry, I wasn't trying to be rude and call you out. I appreciate your post because I learned a bunch and the painting is cool AF. Thanks for posting!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

"Well, the truth is in" can either be an expression of the truth having come to light, or Yoda teaching an art class.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You're the hero we need, and this is the rabbit hole I needed. Or rabbit well?

[–] tigeruppercut 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is that an octopus on a stick?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes and she gonna beat you with it. You ever been beaten with an octopus on a stick?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Heh, once...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

No offense, but that is one weird fetish.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is she a naïad or something?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

The medieval precursor to Sadako