An exploration of Cy Twombly's Fifty Days at Iliam, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, showing how the images relate to Homer's Iliad. Scroll down for links to the individual images.
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Overview of the entire installation
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Shield of Achilles
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Heroes of the Achaeans
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Vengeance
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Achaeans in Battle
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Fire that Consumes
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Shades of Achilles, Patroclus and Hector
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House of Priam
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Ilians in Battle
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Shades of Eternal Night
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Heroes of the Ilians
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