HR Giger: Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) references Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin 0303 (made 490-480bc. From Vulci. Discovered when? 19th c?)?

 

leading from

HR Giger: Necronom IV (work 303) (1976)

and

The 'Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin' avenue 

and 

HR Giger: From Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin, via Fashion Photo, Eida, Paris 1973 by Helmut Newton, to Necronom IV by HR Giger

   

 

a) Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) by HR Giger,

Necronom IV (work 303) (1976) by HR Giger,
acrylic on paper on wood, 150x100cm

 

 

b) Maenad holding the thyrsos and wearing a panther skin 0303 (made 490-480bc. From Vulci. Discovered when? 19th c?) Presently at Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany)

 

 

 

 

c) One above the other 

 

 

 

 

d) The spotted feline becomes the arm in the foreground, with its rear legs become the thumb and forefinger

 

 

 

 

e)  The rear of the Maenad becomes the back appendages of the Necronom

f) The end of the wings become the tips of the trailing rear fin like forms

 

 

 

 

g) The head of the Maenad becomes the end of the tail, and then the arms of the panther skin around here shoulders become the drooping side pipes

 

 

 

 

 h) The head that becomes the tail, and the crinkly trail hair becomes the ribcage