THE NATURE OF THE BEAST
George Frederic Watts created his 1885
painting of the Minotaur crushing a
songbird “to hold up to detestation the
bestial and brutal.” Tate Gallery, London
Opposite: A fifth-century B.C. coin from
Crete depicts the mythical Labyrinth.
National Roman Museum, Rome
PAINTING: ALBUM COIN: BRIDGEMAN/ACI
martin jones
(Martin Jones)
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