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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/1860/1862-24.jpg
Title	Hercules Protecting the Balance between Pleasure and Virtue.
Creator	Ligare, David H. (American painter, born 1945)
Date	1993
Cultural Context	American North American
Style/Period	Contemporary Postmodern
Theme	Paintings (visual works) Oil paintings (visual works) Figures (representations) Figurative art Myths (literary documents) Mythology (literary genre) Legends (folk tales) Folk tales Folklore Men (male humans) Women Nudes (representations) Nudity Genitals (animal or human components) Costume (mode of fashion) Drapery (representations) Hairstyles Hair ornaments Beads (pierced objects) Front views Back views Three-quarter views Oblique views Profiles (figures) Motion Gesture Standing Sitting Balance Pleasure Fruit Peach (fruit) Baskets (containers) Containers (receptacles) Clubs (weapons) Weapons Landscapes (representations) Rural areas Trees Shrubs Plants (vegetation) Vegetation Grass (plant material) Hills Rivers Bodies of water Clouds Sky
Subject	Paintings Oil paintings Myths Legends Fictitious characters Men Women Nudes Genitals Breasts Muscles Clothing & dress Hairstyles Braids (Hairdressing) Hair ornaments Beads Backs (Anatomy) Locomotion Human locomotion Gestures Standing Sitting Fruit Grapes Peaches Baskets Containers Landscapes (Representations) Rural areas Trees Shrubs Plants Leaves Hills Rivers Bodies of water Clouds Rocks
Description	Oil on linen.
People Pictured	Hercules (Roman mythology)
Material	Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Linen (material) Cloth
Measurements	152 x 142 cm (60 x 56 in)
Technique	Oil painting (technique) Painting (image-making)
Work Type	Paintings Oil paintings
Source	Lucie-Smith, Edward. Art Today. London: Phaidon Press, 1995. (p.246, fig.271).
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Lucie-Smith courtesy: the artist.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 1862-24.jpg
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