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The ancient Greek concept of four basic elements, these being earth (γῆ gê), water (ὕδωρ hýdōr), air (ἀήρ aḗr), and fire (πῦρ pŷr), dates from pre-Socratic times and persisted throughout the Middle Ages and into the Early modern period, deeply influencing European thought and culture.
- The Four Elements (Arcimboldo)
The Four Elements is a series of four oil paintings by the...
- Air (classical element)
Air or Wind is one of the four classical elements along with...
- Earth (classical element)
Earth is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek...
- The Four Elements (sculpture)
The Four Elements is a monumental mobile sculpture created...
- The Four Elements (Arcimboldo)
The Four Elements is a series of four oil paintings by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo which were created in 1566, during the Renaissance, for Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. The paintings depict human faces in profile made up from different animals or objects.
Air or Wind is one of the four classical elements along with water, earth and fire in ancient Greek philosophy and in Western alchemy.
Earth is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. It was commonly associated with qualities of heaviness, matter and the terrestrial world. Due to the hero cults, and chthonic underworld deities, the element of earth is also associated with the sensual aspects of both life and death in later occultism.
The four classical elements. The Greek classical elements are fire, air, water, and earth. In Greek philosophy, science and medicine, these make up a whole. Fire is both hot and dry. Air is both hot and wet. Water is both cold and wet. Earth is both cold and dry.
The Four Elements is a monumental mobile sculpture created by the American sculptor Alexander Calder in 1961. The sculpture is a motorized moving group of four metal sheets. The artwork is about 30 feet high. The sheets are painted in plain colours. This sculpture is made after a Calder model from 1938.
In the Pali literature, the mahabhuta ("great elements") or catudhatu ("four elements") are earth, water, fire and air. In early Buddhism, the four elements are a basis for understanding suffering and for liberating oneself from suffering.
