Abstract
Daenerys Targaryen’s metamorphosis scene is analyzed in this article, with accordance to the millennia old structure of the motif of “the woman and the dragon.” It is suggested in this article, that the visual manifestation of Daenerys in the HBO series Game of Thrones, which was changed from that of George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, is reflecting the complexity of the image of Daenerys. This article demonstrates how the figure of Daenerys is a reception of ancient Greco-Roma, and Early modern art, also embedded with the concept of monumentality that is key to the understanding of fantastic art and is demonstrated in Daenerys metamorphosis image. This definition follows Immanuel Kant’s perception of the sublime, to stress how the fantastic create modern mythologies by presenting “greater than life” figures.
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