Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse paintings of Melpoméne, she is represented with a tragic mask and also often holds in her other hand a knife or club. In Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who had eight other daughters, Melpoméne's sisters and the eight other muses are: Calliope, muse of epic poetry; Clio, muse of history; Euterpe, muse of flute playing; Terpsichore, muse of dancing; Erato, muse of erotic poetry; Thalia muse of comedy; Polyhymnia, muse of hymns; and Urania, muse of astronomy. Reynolds was inspired not only by Sarah Siddons' extreme talent to embody the tragic heroine in Macbeth, but
Muse (Jolin Tsai album) Muse (Jolin Tsai album) Muse is the twelfth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on 12 September 2012, by Warner Music Taiwan. The artistically-flavored album actually brought back all the sales that were lost in Tsai's last studio album, "Myself" (2010). Referred to as a "pop masterpiece", the album houses many tracks that are influenced by the elements of art, poetry, and dance. Critical and commercial response to the album was positive, it has sold more than 100,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone, and became the best-selling album by a female artist of the year in