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Apollo god of the arts, pulled him in the race of his golden chariot while reciting poems. Helios, Phoebus, Ra, male names qualified him for centuries until the arrival of Christianity which made him a creation of God and no lon- ger a divine creator.
The most illustrious artists in all fields have des- cribed, sung, painted, sculpted it.
Whether it burns the wings of the unfortunate Icarus in his imprudence, whether it gently ca- resses the dawn under the brush of a Turner or whether it lies down tenderly on the waves in the gaze of Monet, the royal star is alternately ter- ribly dangerous or divinely generous, implacable or loving.
Charles de la Fosse
The sunrise
also called Apollo’s chariot 1672
Oil on canvas, 100 cm de diamètre
Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts
© C. Lancien, C. Loisel /Réunion des Musées Métropo- litains Rouen Normandie