Cosmic Wars · Fall, revolt and primitive forces

Titans, Giants, Prometheus and Saturn give the painting monumental bodies, celestial battles and stories where a new order is born from violence.

The Titans belong to the divine generation before the Olympians. Twelve children of Ouranos and Gaia form their main group, including Cronus, Rhea, Ocean and Iapetus. After overthrowing his father, Cronus devours his children to prevent a new succession. Zeus escapes fate, frees his brothers and sisters and wins the Titanomachy after ten years of combat. The Giants, born from Earth, lead another revolt against Olympus during the Gigantomachy. Cornelis van Haarlem and Giulio Romano transform their fall into an avalanche of bodies. Cornelis van Haarlem and Giulio Romano transform their fall into an avalanche of bodies. Cornelis van Haarlem and Giulio Romano transform their fall into an avalanche of bodies. Cornelis van Haarlem and Giulio Romano transform their fall into an avalanche of bodies. Cornelis van Haarlem and Giulio Romano transform their fall into an avalanche of bodies. Cornelis van Haarlem and Giulio Romano transform their fall into an avalanche of bodies. Cornelis van Haarlem and Giulio Romano transform their fall into an avalanche of bodies. Cornelis van Haarlem and Giul almost unbearable. The selection "Paintings of the Titans and Giants" notably compares The Fall of the Titans - Cornelis van Haarlem and Prometheus Chained with the Eagle - Peter Paul Rubens. Its reading favors movement.

In these divine wars, the fall of bodies makes visible the shift of a world: the Olympian order is built on the ruins of the first powers.