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Fortunino Matania - The Goddess who Saved a City (1933)

Artist: Fortunino Matania (All)

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Fortunino Matania - The Goddess who Saved a City (1933) Comic Art

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Title:	Fortunino Matania - The Goddess who Saved a City (1933)
Artist:	Fortunino Matania (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	9,903
Likes on CAF:	9 10
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	11/19/2016
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Fortunino Matania brilliantly illustrates an intangible power through his composition of a staircase swept clear of a crowd. The goddess, bearing a warriors' crested helm, steps resolutely down a staircase, her layered toga aglow. Before her, she projects a definable wave of fear that forces the chaotic crowd back in a tangled disarray. Cringing, stumbling and terrified most even avert their eyes as if it were Medusa herself descending. The goddess's careful, understated movement provides a perfect juxtaposition to the fleeing troops. Matania reinforces the graceful power of her vertical pose by echoing it in the hard solidity of the stone columns that frame her. Undoubtedly designed for a double page spread, each side is well composed yet remains tethered by the shared steps. Published in Britannia and Eve October 1933 as part of his series, Strange Stories in History, "The Goddess that Saved a City". The article was both written and Illustrated by Matania.

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Brett B
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/19/2016

Masterpiece! The stuff dreams are made of!

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/19/2016

The guy with the spear at the end of the steps is dead meat for gawking at a goddess. Great stuff, Tom!!

frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/20/2016

Fantastic!

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