74 cm, oil on canvas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My painting is named after one of Beethoven's best-known works, the Ode to Joy, the text of which was written by the German poet Friedrich Schiller in 1785. The work is the fourth movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, featuring four soloists, a choir, and an orchestra. In 1972, the Council of Europe adopted the Ode to Joy as the Anthem of Europe. The work draws attention to the importance of practicing the qualities of love, such as devotion, acceptance, tolerance, self-sacrifice, selflessness, and brotherhood, while presenting joy as a sacred and powerful thing, a divine spark that brings people together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This inspired my painting, but I wanted to approach these from a lighter perspective, so I used four different monkeys with funny faces, immersed in singing. In this picture, despite their differences, they symbolize unity. With this playful portrayal, I emphasize that harmony and connection can flourish when we embrace diversity with a sense of humor and acceptance. The monkeys, with their distinctive appearance and shared joyful moments, serve as a gentle reminder that love and togetherness go beyond our differences.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
74 cm, olaj, v\u00e1szon Festm\u00e9nyem Beethoven egyik legismertebb m\u0171v\u00e9r\u0151l, az \u00d6r\u00f6m\u00f3d\u00e1r\u00f3l kapta a nev\u00e9t, melynek sz\u00f6veg\u00e9t a n\u00e9met k\u00f6lt\u0151, Friedrich Schiller \u00edrta 1785-ben. A m\u0171 Beethoven 9. szimf\u00f3ni\u00e1j\u00e1nak negyedik t\u00e9tele, n\u00e9gy sz\u00f3list\u00e1val, k\u00f3russal \u00e9s zenekarral. Az Eur\u00f3pa Tan\u00e1cs 1972-ben Eur\u00f3pa himnusz\u00e1v\u00e1 tette az \u00d6r\u00f6m\u00f3d\u00e1t. A m\u0171 arra h\u00edvja fel a figyelmet, hogy mennyire fontos a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-szimbolista-szurrealista-festmenyek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3698,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions\/3698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthschmidt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"Well played","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}