Bull. Flanked by Dolphins. Huh?

[purrbaby]

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[danimal481]

Hahaha.

MINI DOLPHINS OF COURSE!

[purrbaby]

Apparently, everything is made better by mini dolphins! Always remember this and you will have good fortune.

[seattlesparks]

Well, in fairness, half the fountains around Rome have mini-dolphins everywhere. So maybe they just thought they were being... uh, true to classical... sculpture... or something... and...

No, I've got nothing.

[purrbaby]

Haha! I think they were being true to classical stupidity more than they were being true to classical sculpture.

[picture_kept]

I'm crying I'm laughing so hard.

[purrbaby]

I'm glad to have been able to share the ridiculousness!

:D

[mizkit]

If it's any help, I'm pretty sure the sculpture's representative of Zeus kidnapping Europa, which he did in the form of a bull, and then swam with her to Crete, hence both her looking back toward her home and the dolphins.

I got nothin' for the angel, though. :)

[sankd]

That's exactly what I said, except the angel made no sense.

[mizkit]

Maybe it's just to pacify the conservative Christian base? :)

[sankd]

The corner of Vine and Sunset? One of the most liberal places in America!

[godessdiana]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHA.

[godessdiana]

But in all reality, that little "angel" is Cupid, as mentioned before. I've researched that many artists choose to include Cupid or cherubs in the scene of the "Rape of Europa" to represent her willingness to go to the bull, innocence, and blah blah blah. If you Google "Rape of Europa" and look at the images, you will see there are lots of cherubs that seem to chase after Europa or stay with her.

/being the stupid literary/art person that she is

I should have been a Classics major.