Greek mythology tells of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides — apples that give the gift of immortality . The Three Graces by Sanzio Raffaello ( aka Raphael ) features those gilt Malus pumila . October , as National Apple Month , is quite an appropriate time to delve into Raphael ’s painting .
2 . Throughout history , the Three Graces have been interpreted in a variety of ways . They are the attendant of goddesses and they are generally considered the personification of grace and beauty . They have also been considered to map the three aspects of generousness ( giving , receiving , and come back gifts ) ; the three phase of love ( ravisher , arousal of desire , fulfilment ) ; and as the incarnation of celibacy , beauty , and love .
3 . From ancient Greece through Raphael ’s prison term and even more lately , the Three Graces are almost always stand for in the same manner : the two kayoed physical body facing the looker and the middle flesh face away .
4 . The Three Graces was Raphael ’s first study of the female nude sculpture in both front and back views . Do n’t get the improper idea , though ; Raphael in all likelihood did n’t use nude example but instead based his figures on the classical carving radical of the Three Graces in Siena .
5 . At the attender age of 17 , Raphael was already considered a master . By the sentence he died , 20 age later , he was widely consider as a great Felis concolor and he received quite the celebrity treatment upon his death . His funeral mass was celebrated at the Vatican and he was bury in the Pantheon in Rome .
