Chapter Sections > Chapter V: Dionysos: Performing Madness and Ecstacy

p. 95: 'Dionysos and Ariadne', c.390 BC, Creusa Painter, Toledo Museum of Art
p. 96: Cy Twombly, 'Dionysus', 1975, Naples, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio. Photo Mimmo Capone
p. 97: Graf Zeppelin Hindenburg exploding over Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937
p. 97: Cy Twombly, 'Dionysus', 1975-79, Naples - Bassano in Teverina, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio
p. 98: Graf Zeppelin Hindenburg exploding over Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937
p. 99: 'Dionysos with Kantharos', c.535 BC, close to Exekias, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
p.100: Cy Twombly, 'Venus and Adonis', February 5, 1978, Rome, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio
p. 101: 'Dionysos with Kantharos', detail, c. 535 BC, close to Exekias, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
p. 103: Cy Twombly, 'Poems to the Sea', Part XIX, detail, 1959, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 103: Lago d' Averno, entrance to the underworld, Phlegraean Fields, near Naples
p. 104: 'Dancing Ithyphallic Silenoi and Maenads', c.520 BC, Inscription Painter, © Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
p. 105: Cy Twombly, 'Dionysus', 1975, Naples, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio. Photo Mimmo Capone
p. 106: Cy Twombly, 'Ferragosto IV', 1961, Rome, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 106: 'Ecstatic Maenad', detail, c. 500 BC, Kleophrades, Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich
p. 106: Cy Twombly, 'Ferragosto V', 1961, Rome, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p.107: Cy Twombly, 'Fifty Days at Iliam', Part III: Vengeance of Achilles,1978, Philadelphia Museum of Art, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p.107: Cy Twombly, 'Fifty Days at Iliam', Part VIII: Ilians in Battle,1978, Philadelphia Museum of Art, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 108: Cy Twombly, 'Fifty Days at Iliam', Part IV: Archaeans in Battle, detail, 1978, Philadelphia Museum of Art, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 109: Shiva Lingam, Muladhara Chakra, detail, c.18th century AD, Rajasthan
p. 109: Cy Twombly, 'Fifty Days at Iliam', Part IV: Achaeans in Battle, 1978, Philadelphia Museum of Art, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 109: Sri Yantra, Copper plate, c.17th-18th century AD, South India
p. 112: Cy Twombly, 'Dithyrambus', Part I, August 12, 1976, Rome, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio. Photo Mimmo Capone.
p. 112: Cy Twombly, 'Dithyrambus', Part II, August 12, 1976, Rome, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio. Photo Mimmo Capone.
p. 112: 'Birth of Dionysos', c.460 BC, The Alkimachos Painter, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
p. 113: 'Zeus and Dionysos', detail, c. 460 BC, Altamura Painter, Museo Archeologico Nazionale de Spina, Ferrara
p.114: 'Maenads dancing around Herm of Dionysos', detail, c. 490 BC, Makron painter, Hieron potter, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung
p. 115: 'Dionysos and Silenoi Pressing Grapes', c. 540 BC, Amasis Painter, © Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
p. 116: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchanalia - Winter (five days in January)', 1977, Rome, Photo: Haydar Koyupinar, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich © Cy Twombly Foundation
p. 117: Nicolas Poussin, 'Triumph of Pan', 1636, The National Gallery of London
p. 117: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchanalia - Winter (five days in February)', 1977, Rome, Photo: Haydar Koyupinar, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich © Cy Twombly Foundation
p. 117: 'Dionysos with Grapes', detail from 'Dionysos and Eros', 2nd century AD, Roman, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
p. 117: Nicolas Poussin, 'Triumph of Bacchus', 1635-6, The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
p. 117: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchanalia - Fall (five days in October)', 1977, Rome, Photo: Haydar Koyupinar, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich © Cy Twombly Foundation
p.117: Nicolas Poussin, 'A Bacchanalian Revel Before a Herm of Pan', 1632-3, The National Gallery of London
p. 117: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchanalia - Winter (five days in November)', 1977, Rome, Photo: Haydar Koyupinar, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich © Cy Twombly Foundation
p. 118: Pergamon Theatre, 3rd century BC, Turkey
p. 119: Cy Twombly, 'Lysis', 1977, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Cy Twombly Foundation. Photo Maria Enqvist
p. 120: Theatre of Dionysos Eleuthereus, 4th century BC, Athens
p. 132: Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 'The Bacchanal of the Andrians', 1523-26, Museo del Prado, Madrid
p. 123: Cy Twombly, 'Dionysus', 1979, Bassano in Teverina, © Cy Twombly Foundation
p. 124: 'Maenads dancing around Herm of Dionysos', detail, c. 490 BC, Makron painter, Hieron potter, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung
p. 124: Cy Twombly, 'Dionysus', 1979, Bassano in Teverina, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio. Photo Mimmo Capone
p. 125: 'Raving Maenad with Panther and Snake in Hair', detail, c. 485 BC, Brygos Painter, Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich
p. 125: 'Hermes and the Infant Dionysos', late 1st century BC,Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
p. 126: Charles Joseph Natoire, 'The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs', n.d., Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum
p. 126: 'Hermes carrying the Infant Dionysos', c. 320 BC, Praxiteles, Olympia Archeological Museum
p. 126: Nicolas Poussin, 'The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa', 1657, Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum
p. 126: 'The Birth of Dionysos from Zeus' Thigh', detail, c. 400 BC, Painter of the Birth of Dionysos, National Archaeological Museum of Taranto
p. 126 : Nicolas Poussin, 'The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa; The Death of Echo and Narcissus', 1657, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum
p. 127: Nicolas Poussin, 'The Nurture of Bacchus', 1636, The National Gallery of London
p. 127: Cy Twombly, ' Bacchus', Part I, 1988, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 128: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchus', Part II (a), detail, 1981, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 128: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchus', Part II (b), detail, 1981, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 128: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchus', Part II, 1981, © Cy Twombly Foundation.Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 129: 'Female Black-Figure', detail, c. 530 BC, Exekias, Athens Agora Museum
p. 130: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchus', Part III (a), detail, 1981, © Cy Twombly Foundation
p. 130: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchus', Part III (b), detail, 1981, © Cy Twombly Foundation
p. 130: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchus', Part III, 1981, © Cy Twombly Foundation
p. 130: 'Ariadne and Satyrs', detail, c. 545 BC, Fitzwilliam Museum of Art, Cambridge
p.130: Cy Twombly, 'Naxos', 1982, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio. Photography: Sperone Westwater Gallery
p. 131: 'Ariadne', detail, c. 390 BC, Creusa Painter, Toledo Museum of Art
p.131: Cy Twombly, 'Naxos', 1982, p. 128: Cy Twombly, 'Bacchus', Part II, detail, 1981, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 132: Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 'Bacchus and Ariadne', c.1520-23, The National Gallery , London
p. 133: 'Dionysos and Ariadne', 330 BC, Derveni Krater, Thessalonika Archaeological Museum
p. 133: 'Dionysos and Ariadne', detail, c. 390 BC, Creusa Painter, Toledo Museum of Art
p. 134: Jean François de Troy, 'Bacchus and Ariadne', 1717, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
p. 134: Charles de La Fosse, 'Bacchus and Ariadne', 1699, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon
p. 135: 'Dionysos and Ariadne', detail, c.340 BC, © Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
p. 135: Nicolas Bertin, 'Bacchus and Adiadne', c.1710-15, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint-Etienne
p. 135: 'Ecstatic Dionysos and Ariadne with Eros', c. 380 BC, Meleager Painter, British Museum, London
p. 136: Cy Twombly, 'Coronation of Sesostris', Part IX, 2000, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 136: Noël-Nicolas Coypel, 'Bacchus and Venus', 1726, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
p. 136 : Cy Twombly, 'Libation of Priapus', August 1982, Bassano in Teverina, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio. Photo Mimmo Capone
p. 137: Cy Twombly, 'Dionysus', 1984, Rome. © Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio. Courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio.
p. 138: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 'Young Sick Bacchus', 1593-4, Galleria Borghese, Rome
p. 138: Cy Twombly, 'Untitled', 1989, Gaeta, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 139: ' Dancing Maenad', c.490 BC, Makron, © Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
p. 139: Cy Twombly, 'Quattro Stagioni', 1993-4, Part I: Primavera, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 139: Nicolas Poussin, 'Et In Arcadia Ego Sum, 1637-8, Musée du Louvre
p. 139: Cy Twombly, 'Quattro Stagioni', 1993-4, Part II: Estate, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 139: Nicolas Poussin, 'The Arcadian Shepherds', 1628-9, Chatsworth House, Devonshire
p. 140: Cy Twombly, 'Quattro Stagioni', 1993-4, Part III: Autunno, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p. 140: Antoine Coypel, 'Bacchus and Ariadne', 1693, Philadelphia Museum of Art
p. 140: Cy Twombly, 'Quattro Stagioni', 1993-4, Part IV: Inverno, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p.140: Charles Joseph Natoire, 'Bacchanal', 1747, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
p. 141: 'Priapus', 170-240 AD, Roman, Imperial Period, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
p. 141: 'Satyr and Maenads', detail, c. 390 BC, Creusa Painter, Toledo Museum of Art
p.141: 'Triumphal Procession of Dionysos', 260-70 AD, Late Imperial Gallienic, Metropolitan Museum of Art
p. 141: 'Satyr with Maenads', detail, c. 500 BC, Kleophrades, Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, photograph by Renate Kühling
p. 141: Cy Twombly, 'Hero and Leandro', Part I,detail, 1984, © Cy Twombly Foundation. Courtesy Archives Nicola Del Roscio
p.142: 'Silenus Holding the Child Dionysos', c. 150 AD, Roman copy of Greek original by Lysippus, c.300 BC, Vatican Museums
p. 142: 'Sea Voyage of Dionysos', c. 535 BC, Exekias, Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich