Featuring a dynamic ensemble led by Hannah Van Sciver and direction by William Steinberger, it is an unflinching look at the role of the artist in the final days of a decade-long slaughter. 168 pages. I first saw Cy Twombly’s paintings as a teenager, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Fifty Days at Iliam, his ten-painting cycle inspired by the Iliad, occupies a large gallery all its own. A Classicist’s Encounter with Cy Twombly’s Fifty Days at Iliam. $35. August 10, 2017 at 11:16 pm. Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. ... One thought on “ A Classicist’s Encounter with Cy Twombly’s Fifty Days at Iliam ” Tongxin. These lines and shapes are so light, yet very interesting to look at. Yale University Press. Fifty Days at Iliam brings forth emotion, like anger and confusion, but also understanding and grief- all feelings one gets when reading a work by Homer. In his imposing and eerie 1978 cycle of paintings Fifty Days at Iliam (he deliberately misspelt Ilium to include the initial of Achilles) he mourns again the ancient killers and lovers. Completed in 1978 and collectively titled Fifty Days at Iliam, the works evoke incidents from Homer's epic poem in Twombly's characteristic synthesis of words … Fifty Days at Iliam is a bold new piece exploring the Trojan War as told through the paintings of Cy Twombly. Cy Twombly: Fifty Days at Iliam, edited by Carlos Basualdo. Cy Twombly (602 artworks, 11,638 followers) Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (/saɪ ˈtwɒmbli/; April 25, 1928 – July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor and photographer. Those god damn scribbles, I could do that in a day and collect a fat bankroll. In the summer of 1977, Cy Twombly began working on a "painting in ten parts" based on Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. I think they are very beautiful. Fifty Days at Iliam (5) Hero and Leander (4) Leaving Paphos Ringed With Waves (3) Lepanto (12) Quattro Stagioni I, 1993-1995 (4) The Rose Series, 2008 (5) Coronation of Sesostris (2) Nine Discourses on Commodus, 1963 (10) Peony Blossom Paintings, 2007 (4) Quattro Stagioni II, 1993-1995 (4) Fifty Days at Iliam: Heroes of the Achaeans. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the ten panels that comprise 50 Days of Iliam. CONVERSING WITH HOMER AND TWOMBLY: A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT ON THE ILIAD AND FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM T he Philadelphia Museum of Art houses ten imposing and ab-stract canvases created by Cy Twombly in 1978, collectively entitled Fifty Days at Iliam: A Painting in Ten Parts.1 While classical allusions-ranging from the birth of Venus to the em-