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Cupid and Psyche is a rich source for scenarios, and several artists have produced cycles of works based on it, including the frescoes at the Villa Farnesina (ca. 1518) by Raphael and his workshop; frescoes at Palazzo del Tè (1527–28) by Giulio Romano (painter)Giulio Romano; engravings by the "Master of the Die" (mid-16th century); and ...
The daughter of a King and Queen, Psyche was born with beauty that led to men worshipping her. This angered Venus, Cupid's mother and Goddess of Beauty. She sent Cupid to prick her with his arrow, forcing her to fall in love with a hideous creature as revenge. Instead, Cupid scratches himself with his own arrow and falls in love with Psyche.
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold is a 1956 novel by C. S. Lewis.It is a retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius.This story had haunted Lewis all his life, because he believed that some of the main characters' actions were illogical. [1]
Articles relating to Cupid and Psyche, a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd century AD by Apuleius.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.
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss sculpture by Antonio Canova, 1787. [17] Rings from Roman Britain engraved with images of the two lovers [10] Psyche's Wedding painting by Edward Burne-Jones, 1895. Cupid and Psyche painting by François Gérard, 1798. Bacchus, Venus, and Cupid painting by Rosso Fiorentino, 1531. Psyche sculpture by Hiram Powers, 1848.
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 god Cupid would visit his lover Psyche only at night, and forbade her to look at him. The painting shows Psyche, seated at right in a white garment, waiting for her two sisters along with various nymphs at the palace of Cupid, where she shows the gifts she has received from her lover. The two envious sisters persuade Psyche to reveal her ...
Cupid Crowned by Psyche or Psyche Crowning Cupid is an oil-on-canvas painting executed ca. 1785–1790 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.It shows a scene from the myth of Cupid and Psyche, with a figure of Modesty standing behind Psyche and two cupids in the background placing rose crowns on a bed and throwing incense on a tripod.