Minotauromachy

Antoine-Louis Barye : Theseus and Minotaur

Minotauromachy in a Roman mosaic

A minotauromachy is the representation of the battle scene of Theseus with the Minotaur , a mythical creature with a human body and the head of a bull. Minotauromachies can be associated with labyrinth representations , but do not have to be.

The minotauromachy is rooted in antiquity , but the subject was taken up in modern painting. The best-known example is La Minotauromachie , an etching by Pablo Picasso from 1935.

Minotauromaquia , an animated short film by Juan Pablo Etcheverry , which takes Picasso's imagery and turns it into a wrong path through a graphic labyrinth, was awarded the Spanish Goya Film Prize in 2005.

Web links

• La Minotauromachie - Pablo Picasso, 1935