This is a painting by Odilon Redon from somewhere around 1910-1912. Redon was a French painter during the impressionist period. There are many painting and pieces of art that portray Pandora and her box, but this one is different because it focuses on Pandora and her curiosity of what is in the box. Most art pieces focus on the things she let out of the box and the aftermath of the situation, while this one focuses on before she opened the box and how interested she is in it. All of the colors and shapes are bright and happy, showing that the things inside the box have not yet been unleashed on the world (Redon). This relates to the original myth for obvious reasons, it is the same story, but I think it is almost better because it focuses on how good life was before Pandora opened the box. The story, like most artwork after this piece, focus mostly on the bad things that occurred after she opened the box.
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