Definitely a wedding to remember: how Perseus and Andromeda didn’t have a photographer but a sculptor to preserve their memories.
Ricci
Who or what exactly is Cupid? How did a mischievous and rather obese infant come to represent love?
Not an easy story to paint, Ovid’s clear account has been largely ignored. Because it is now too absurd to show?
Some stories sound plausible, but are problematic when you try to paint or photograph them. Here’s a good example, with attempted solutions by Reni, Rubens, Moreau, and others.
An unusual classical god in very peculiar circumstances: what took the goddess of love to the doctor?
Several have had a go at telling this story – Titian, Kauffman, Ricci, Delacroix, and Denis. Do their paintings work, though?
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