Painting reproduction handmade of the artwork
Dissonance (Stuck)

Humor invites itself into mythology with “Dissonance”, a work by Franz von Stuck that is as squeaky as it is fascinating. Sitting on a dark rock against a relentless blue sky, a muscular centaur (or old faun) desperately plugs his ears, his face twisted in a grimace of pain. The source of his agony? A very young faun with red hair and small horns, sitting beside him, blowing with overflowing and clumsy enthusiasm into a large pan flute. Von Stuck brilliantly handles the facial and bodily expressiveness of his characters, making the scene profoundly alive. The contrast between the dark body of the adult and the paleness of the child highlights the comical dimension of this failed musical initiation.