Good Versus Evil Triptych Tapestry Fragment

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Triptych is inspired by the works of artist Mikhail Verkholantsev. The idea of Good and Evil has been always present in the fine arts, appearing each time in a reinterpreted image. In the triptych of this master, the idea of the triumph of Good over Evil is shown in the form of ancient and allegorical images.

 

Heracles holds the vault. The most difficult, twelfth feat of Heracles in the service of Eurystheus was the extraction of the golden apples of Hesperides. On the way to this feat Heracles performed many heroic deeds and, finally, had to take on himself the enormous weight of the firmament and hold it while the mighty giant Atlas went to his daughters Hesperides for the apples.

 

Heracles holds the heavens the way a weightlifter holds a barbell after a jerk, not on his shoulders. Helios (Feb, Apolon) crosses the sky with his quadriga. This is the beginning of the day. The traveler Atlas can be seen in the background below. 

 

Atlas wanted to deceive Heracles and make him hold the sky for forever, but the hero outwitted the titan and went to Mycenae with golden apples. The Dadean triptych on the left shows the end of the day. The moon (Artemis) rises, Heracles leaves with the golden apples, taking his stick, quiver of arrows and bow. The demon of the night - allegorical Evil - takes Heracles' place.

The central part of the triptych shows the battle with the Amazons and the victory of Good over Evil. The battle between Good and Evil is based on the mythological plot of the battle of the Amazons.

Ahmeta, the daughter of Eurystheus, wanted to have the girdle of Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons. This belt was a sign of power over all. Eurystheus sent Heracles to fetch it. Hippolyta was unable to refuse Heracles. She was ready to give him the belt voluntarily, but Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus, hated Heracles. Wanting to ruin him, she took the form of an Amazon and started a fight. Heracles was forced to fight the Amazons.

Thus the author reveals the eternal theme of the struggle for power, where Good and Evil go hand in hand.