Cupid and Pysche by Giulio Romano.
Painted between 1526 and 1528.
The painting depicts the story of the Greek deities Cupid and Pysche. Found in Metamorphoses, written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche and Cupid (Amor/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 story's Neoplatonic elements and allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations, and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale, Märchen or fairy tale, and myth.
Diana and Calysto by Titian (Vienna version)
Painted c. 1566.
The painting depicts the moment in which the goddess Diana discovers that her maid Callisto has become pregnant by Jupiter.
The Fall of Man by Hugo van der Goes
Painted after 1479.
Depicts the moment Eve is tempted by the snake to eat the Apple, Adam is by her and they both taste the fruit and are tossed from the Garden of Eden.
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
Painted c. 1484–1486.
Depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore. The seashell she stands on was a symbol in classical antiquity for a woman's vulva. Thought to be based in part on the Venus de' Medici, an ancient Greek marble sculpture of Aphrodite.
Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides by Peter Paul Rubens
Painted 1638.
Depicts the demi-god son of Zeus, Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides completing the eleventh of his labours, to steal a golden apple from the garden. He did this by tricking the Titan Atlas and walking away with the fruit.
Atalanta and Hippomenes by Guido Reni
The Judgement of Paris by
Le Triomphe de Bacchus by Charles de La Fosse.
Idun and the Apples by
Mercury, Herse, and Aglauros
Sixty-Four Squares
QUEEN ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND 1559
EMPEROR NAPOLEON I OF FRANCE 1812
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNITED STATES 1781
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Descendants
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT STRATEGIC MEETING. 1944
HARRY HOUDINI BEGINNING THE CHINESE WATER TORTURE CELL ESCAPE. 1913
GANDHI DURING THE SALT MARCH. 1930
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Infinite Knowledge
BURNING VIET CONG BASE CAMP, MY THO, VIETNAM. 1968
MEMBERS OF THE 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION ADVANCE UNDER MACHINE GUN FIRE INTO THE OUTSKIRTS OF BREST, FRANCE. 1944
UNION TROOPS IN FORMATION. BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1862.
THE FIRST PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF A GUN. 900
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Instruments of Power
The power they wielded cut down their enemies.
OTTO VON BISMARCK, GERMANY
PERSEUS, GREECE
ATTILA THE HUN, EURASIA
SAMSON, HEBREW
ALEXANDER THE GREAT, MACEDONIA
SIGMUND, NORSE
CHARLEMAGNE, EUROPE
KING ARTHUR, BRITANNIA
JOAN OF ARC, FRANCE
AENEAS, TROY
In their hands, the wise lean on a great force.
KING LOUIS XIV, FRANCE
EMPEROR SHUNZHI, CHINA
JOHN THE BAPTIST, JERUSALEM
ACHILLES, GREECE
AMENHOTEP III, EGYPT
ALEXANDER THE GREAT, MACEDONIA
KING FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA, SPAIN
SHABATAKA, EGYPT
PETER, JERUSALEM
MOSES, EGYPT
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Brothers
AND SATAN SAID UNTO CAIN: SWEAR UNTO ME THY THROAT, AND IF THOU TELL IT THOU SHALT DIE.
AND ALL THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN SECRET.
AND CAIN SAID: TRULY I AM MAHAN, THE MASTER OF THIS GREAT SECRET.
WHEREFORE CAIN WAS CALLED MASTER MAHAN, AND HE GLORIED IN HIS WICKEDNESS.
Keep On Seeking, And You Will Find
First plucked from a tree guarded by a snake, its powers perform miracles. Then, worn across the ages, torn asunder, hidden under the sea of red, reconstruct the timeline.
Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette by William Hogarth
Painted in 1743.
A satire regarding high society, the painting tells the story of the old earl who has died, so his son is now the new earl, and his wife is the countess. As was still the fashion at the time, the countess is holding a reception during her toilette, her grooming, in her bedroom, in imitation of this age-old custom of kings called a levee. The fact that Hogarth ridiculed this convocation of people in the bedroom of a noble during their "morning" grooming (often very late in the day) proves that such a convocation in such an intimate room was increasingly viewed as inappropriate and lewd.
Tre giovani ebrei condotti alla fornace by Matteo Rosselli
Painted between 1630 and 1640
Depicts the story of The Prayer of Azariah and the accompanying Song of the Three Young Men from the Book of Daniel and embellish the story of Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, three young Jewish men who were bound and thrown into a fiery furnace for defying Nebuchadrezzar's order to worship an idol.
John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and his Family by Johann Zohanny
Painted c. 1766
Depicts John Peyto-Verney, fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and his wife, Lady Louisa North with their three children; John, Louisa and Henry.
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