Here's one of the best metamorphosis examples in art: Apolo and Dafne, a Bernini's baroque sculture that shows us the precise moment of Dafne's transformation in a tree.
The 2nd course students have been working on it in the subject of history of art.
The myth was written by Ovid in his Metamorphosis: he told that Cupid threw a love arrow to Apolo, so that he loved Dafne. But Cupid threw a hate arrow to Dafne, so she hated so much the boy.
When Apolo followed his loved Dafne, she prayed to the gods to become a tree. And that's the moment that the sculture tries to represent.
2nd Course, Ondara School
A really nice piece of art:)
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