Symbols in Art: The Thyrsus
by Matthew Innis |Common to many Classicist paintings of the late 19th century is the thyrsus, a staff, often of giant fennel, topped with a pine cone. Â With its phallic shape, the thyrsus has been considered to be specifically a masculine fertility symbol, with the fennel shaft representing the penis, and the pine cone at its apex…
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