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Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). [2] The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k iː /; Ancient Greek: Ψυχή, lit.
The story of Cupid and Psyche appears in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC, but the most extended literary source of the tale is the Latin novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, by Apuleius (2nd century AD). It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche ("Soul" or "Breath of Life") and Cupid, and their ...
Bouguereau chose to portray the characters of Cupid and Psyche as young children, almost babies. He painted Psyche with butterfly wings, for psyche was the Greek word given to butterflies by Aristotle. [3] Psyche is a symbol to the transformation of the human soul, as she transforms from human to immortal.
The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche and Cupid (also known as Eros), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. Although the only extended narrative from antiquity is that of Apuleius from 2nd century AD, Eros and Psyche appear in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC.
The relationship depicted in this painting between Cupid and Psyche is inspired by the narrative of the Latin poet Apuleius in The Golden Ass, and was a subject that repeatedly inspired neoclassical painters, sculptors and writers of the late 18th and the early 19th centuries. The gestures of Eros, the god of love, remain measured, almost ...
The legend of Cupid and Psyche was popular source material for writers and artists in the second half of the 19th century. The story originated in the Roman writer Lucius Apuleius's Metamorphoses, commonly known as The Golden Ass. [1] Psyche dwelt in the golden palace of Cupid, the god of love.
The story of Psyche and Cupid is recounted by an old woman to a young girl kidnapped by brigands. Apuleius's version was far too ribald and overtly sexual for the 17th century stage, or even for the 17th century reader, and the story had been adapted to the morals of the time on several occasions.
Cupid's capriciousness - his delight in making gods and men love someone unobtainable - is amply repaid by the Fates: who now condemn him to experience the same. Arriving in Crete and seeing Psyche: Cupid himself falls helplessly in love with her, and resolves to marry her himself and protect her from his own mother's jealous ire. Cupid whisks ...
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