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# I Usually Pictured Bacchus as a Hideous Fatty, More Like the Hedonism Bot from Futurama Than a Youth of Idyllic Beauty
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/obychno-predstavlial-bakhusa-kakim-to-bezobraznym-tolstiakom-skoree-pokhozhim-na-robota-gedonista-iz-futuramy-chem-iunoshei-idillicheskoi-krasoty/
- Published: 2020-04-29T11:45:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:42:46.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Observations, Humour

I usually pictured Bacchus as a hideous fatty, more like the Hedonism Bot from Futurama than a youth of idyllic beauty. Tullio Lombardo's Bacchus and Ariadne force one to revise the customary view of the ancient god, who here truly looks divine. In this work by Lombardo one can make out traces of Donatello and Mantegna, but his [exquisite style](https://theparnassian.com/relef-1500-1504-gg-avtorstva-tulio-lombardo-iz-baziliki-sviatogo-antonio-v-padue/?ref=theparnassian.com) is quite recognisable all the same