artemis cares
impression of Jane Goodall
Amanta Scott, encaustic on canvas on cradled panel, Eyeing Medusa series, 36 x 36 in/92 x 92cm, 2019, in private collection, Toronto. Read more
Artemis, Goddess of the moon, the hunt and wild creatures, was also protector of the victimized and the powerless.
Dame Jane Goodall, an English ethologist, primatologist and anthropologist, is known for her extensive research on the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.
“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.”
Artemis/Diana — is the Goddess of the hunt and moon, protector of women and children. Click here for various stories of Artemis/Diana.
Artemis•Diana
1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art
An adaptation of the Greek goddess Diana or Roman goddess Artemis, goddess of the hunt, this winged fairy wears a British crown and a short skirt and carries a spear. Like Diana/Artemis, the stag is presented on her left. Her hair resembles that of other Hindu goddesses.
Marble by Bernardino Cametti, 1720. Pedestal by Pascal Latour, 1754. Bode Museum, Berlin., image via Wikipedia
Titian, 1556-1559, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, National Gallery, London, UK
Joseph Werner the Younger, circa 1680, Art Institute of Chicago, image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Goodall DBE, formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, (born April 3, 1934, London, England) is an English ethologist, primatologist and anthropologist.
Jane Goodall is known for her exceptionally detailed and long-term research on the chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania.
References
- New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1959
- Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, Merlin Stone, Beacon Press, Boston, 1984
- When God Was A Woman, Merlin Stone, Harvest Edition, 1976
- The Civilization of the Goddess, The World of Old Europe, Marija Gimbutas, HarperCollins Publishers, 1991
- The Language of the Goddess, Marija Gimbutas, HarperRow publishers, San Francisco, 1989
- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-ameri
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall
- https://www.janegoodall.org