Hendrick Goltzius, Phaeton, 1588, engraving on paper, 13 in. (33 cm), Inspired by the Haarlem Mannerist Cornelis van Haarlem, Goltzius converts Phaeton's body into an abstract whirligig tumbling toward the burning earth and placid waters below.The exaggerated muscles of back, hip, thigh and calf form a rippling contour as the doomed youth strains futilely against his terrible fate.Phaeton's head, seen from the back, streams with flame-like tufts of hair recalling his failure to control the fiery chariot of the sun. Goltzius's masterful engraving adds to Cornelis' original design the effect of the vast vault of heaven and the great heights from which Phaeton falls. Goltzius engraves shallow lines that faintly register the distant landscape and tiny details of falling fragments and flailing steeds from Helios's broken chariot.
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Hendrick Goltzius, Phaeton, 1588, engraving, paper, 13, 33 cm, Inspired, Haarlem Mannerist Cornelis van Haarlem, Goltzius converts Phaeton's body, abstract whirligig tumbling, burning earth, placid waters . exaggerated muscles, back, hip, thigh, calf form, rippling contour, doomed youth strains futilely, terrible fate.Phaeton's head, back, streams, flame- tufts, hair recalling, failure, control, fiery chariot, sun. Goltzius's masterful engraving adds, Cornelis' original design, effect, vast vault, heaven, great heights, Phaeton falls. Goltzius engraves shallow lines, faintly register, distant landscape, tiny details, falling fragments, flailing steeds, Helios's broken chariot
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