{"id":21187,"date":"2024-09-21T12:59:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/?post_type=recorridos-tematicos&#038;p=21187"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:17:22","slug":"andre-masson-and-the-myth-of-pyramus-and-thisbe","status":"publish","type":"recorridos-tematicos","link":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/thematic-tours\/tour-gods-and-myths-in-the-ralli-collection\/andre-masson-and-the-myth-of-pyramus-and-thisbe\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 Masson and the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div id=\"audio-player-container\">\n  <audio id=\"c-audio\" src=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MITOS-masson-pyramus.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" preload=\"metadata\"><\/audio>\n  <header>\n    <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n      \t<span class=\"title\">Andr\u00e9 Masson and the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t    <\/div>\n  <\/header>\n  \n  <div class=\"audio-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"controls-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"toggle-controls\">\n\n        <button id=\"play-icon\">\n          <svg width=\"95\" height=\"124\" viewBox=\"0 0 95 124\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n          <path d=\"M95 62L0.500002 123.488L0.500008 0.512203L95 62Z\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n\n        <button id=\"pause-icon\" class=\"hidden\">\n          <svg width=\"86\" height=\"124\" viewBox=\"0 0 86 124\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n          <rect width=\"34\" height=\"124\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <rect x=\"52\" width=\"34\" height=\"124\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <button id=\"stop-icon\">\n        <svg width=\"86\" height=\"123\" viewBox=\"0 0 86 123\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n        <rect width=\"86\" height=\"123\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"audio-info\">\n      <span id=\"current-time\" class=\"time\">0:00<\/span>\n      <input type=\"range\" id=\"seek-slider\" max=\"100\" value=\"0\">\n      <span id=\"duration\" class=\"time\">0:00<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andr\u00e9 Masson and the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The legend of Pyramus and Thisbe, from Greek and Roman mythology, tells the tragic story of two Babylonian lovers whose families were at odds with each other.<\/p>\n<p>The story, first recorded in writing in fables 242 and 243 of the Fabulae of Hyginus and more extensively by Ovid in <em>Metamorphoses<\/em> Book VI, has been retold many times over the centuries. The most recognised retelling today is undoubtedly Shakespeare\u2019s story of Romeo and Juliet, written in 1595.<\/p>\n<p>In the legend, Pyramus and Thisbe were two young people who were forbidden to speak to each other, much less love each other given their families\u2019 rivalry, but they still did so in secret. One night they agreed to escape from their homes and meet next to a white mulberry tree, with a plan to run away and start a life together.<\/p>\n<p>When the time came, Thisbe arrived first at the meeting place. On arriving she saw a lioness approaching, causing her to flee and hide in the trees, leaving her scarf behind. The lioness, who had come from hunting and had a full belly, was content to just play with the young girl\u2019s scarf, tearing it and staining it with the blood of her prey. When Pyramus arrived he found only the torn scarf and immediately assumed that the lioness had killed his beloved Thisbe. He took out his dagger and stabbed himself in the chest, ending his own life. Pyramus\u2019s blood dyed the mulberry fruits purple, and when Thisbe returned she believed she was in the wrong place. She finally found her lover lying dead next to the tree, so took the same dagger and, as distraught as Pyramus when believing her dead, stabbed herself in the chest.<\/p>\n<p>The gods, saddened and moved by the story, made both families cremate the bodies and keep the lovers\u2019 ashes together. From that day on, the fruits of the mulberry tree were always purple.<\/p>\n \r\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c2mhqg elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_uc_faq_accordion c-accordions-container\"\r\n    data-id=\"2c2mhqg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_uc_faq_accordion.default\">\r\n    <div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n      \r\n\r\n        <div class=\"uc_faq_accordion\" id=\"uc_uc_faq_accordion_elementor_2c2mhqg\">\r\n            <div class=\"uc_container\">\r\n\r\n                                    \r\n                <div class=\"uc_ac_box\" data-id=\"0\">\r\n                    <div class=\"uc-heading uc_trigger-uc_uc_faq_accordion_elementor_2c2mhqg\"\r\n                        id=\"uc_uc_faq_accordion_elementor_2c2mhqg\" data-id=\"0\">\r\n                        <div class=\"ue_trigger\" >\r\n                            <span class=\"uc_dactive bbb\">+<\/span>\r\n                            <span class=\"uc_active bbb\">-<\/span>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"ue_spacer\"><\/div>\r\n                        <em>+ The myth in the work<\/em> \r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"uc_content\" >\r\n                        \n\n<div id=\"audio-player-container\">\n  <audio id=\"c-audio\" src=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MITOS-masson-pyramus-PLUS.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" preload=\"metadata\"><\/audio>\n  <header>\n    <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n      \t<span class=\"title\">Andr\u00e9 Masson and the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t    <\/div>\n  <\/header>\n  \n  <div class=\"audio-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"controls-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"toggle-controls\">\n\n        <button id=\"play-icon\">\n          <svg width=\"95\" height=\"124\" viewBox=\"0 0 95 124\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n          <path d=\"M95 62L0.500002 123.488L0.500008 0.512203L95 62Z\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n\n        <button id=\"pause-icon\" class=\"hidden\">\n          <svg width=\"86\" height=\"124\" viewBox=\"0 0 86 124\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n          <rect width=\"34\" height=\"124\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <rect x=\"52\" width=\"34\" height=\"124\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <button id=\"stop-icon\">\n        <svg width=\"86\" height=\"123\" viewBox=\"0 0 86 123\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n        <rect width=\"86\" height=\"123\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"audio-info\">\n      <span id=\"current-time\" class=\"time\">0:00<\/span>\n      <input type=\"range\" id=\"seek-slider\" max=\"100\" value=\"0\">\n      <span id=\"duration\" class=\"time\">0:00<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the work <em>Pyrame et Thisb\u00e9<\/em> (\u201cPyramus and Thisbe\u201d), Andr\u00e9 Masson chooses to depict the moment when Thisbe finds Pyramus dead and decides to commit suicide alongside him. Masson shows the exact moment at which she plunges the dagger into her chest. This allows him to use all the strength and expressiveness of the moment in his language, which lies between expressionism and surrealism.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                                \r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<ul id=\"imageGallery\">\r\n\r\n   \r\n   <li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5442_MASSON-150x150.jpg\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5442_MASSON-scaled.jpg\">\r\n      <figure>\r\n         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5442_MASSON-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n      <\/figure>\r\n      <div class=\"gallery-info\">\r\n\r\n         <span class=\"ig-title\">\"Amants celebres \"\"Pyramus et Thysbe\"\"\", 1979<\/span>\r\n         <span><p><strong>Andr\u00e9 Masson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aquatint on paper<\/p>\n<p>50 x 65<\/p>\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n         <span class=\"ralli-collection\" ><\/span>\r\n\r\n         \r\n      <\/div>\r\n   <\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Silvia S\u00e1nchez Ruiz<br \/>\nCurator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19907,"parent":21181,"menu_order":4,"template":"","recorrido-tematico":[],"class_list":["post-21187","recorridos-tematicos","type-recorridos-tematicos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recorridos-tematicos\/21187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recorridos-tematicos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recorridos-tematicos"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recorridos-tematicos\/21181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"recorrido-tematico","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recorrido-tematico?post=21187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}