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Eros, the Greek equivalent, is often depicted in as a young man and Psyche as a young woman. 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]
On this fragment from a sarcophagus used in the early 4th century, Cupid and a butterfly-winged Psyche frame a portrait of the deceased, carried on an eagle with a cornucopia and spilling basket of fruit [103] (Indianapolis Museum of Art) Eros and Psyche plaster medallion (1st century A.D.) [104] excavated in Begram, collections of National ...
The young princess Psyche is depicted here as being somewhat surprised by the first kiss she is receiving from Cupid (or Eros), which remains invisible to her eyes. The ancient myth told here is not only a love story, but also a metaphysical allegory: Psyche is in fact the personification of the human soul, related to the overwhelming passion ...
The "Marlborough gem", onyx cameo (Boston Museum of Fine Arts)The "Marlborough gem" is a carved onyx cameo that depicts an initiation ceremony of Psyche and Eros. [1]It is the most famous engraved gem in the extensive and prominent collection both inherited (through a marriage in 1762) and expanded by George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. [2]
Psyche et L'Amour (1889) by William Bouguereau. The story of Eros and Psyche has a longstanding tradition as a folktale of the ancient Greco-Roman world long before it was committed to literature in Apuleius' Latin novel, The Golden Ass. The novel itself is written in a picaresque Roman style, yet Psyche retains her Greek name even though Eros ...
It represents the god Cupid in the height of love and tenderness, immediately after awakening the lifeless Psyche with a kiss. The story of Cupid and Psyche is taken from Lucius Apuleius' Latin novel The Golden Ass, [2] and was popular in art. Joachim Murat acquired the first or prime version (pictured) in 1800.
Psyche and Persephone, relief by Hermann Heidel. For her fourth and final task, Psyche was given a golden box and ordered to travel to the Underworld to retrieve a bit of beauty possessed by Persephone, goddess of spring, and queen of the Underworld. Psyche, believing this last task was impossible, once again decided to take her own life.
Psyché et l'amour (1626–29) by Simon Vouet: Psyche lifts a lamp to view the sleeping Cupid. 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 ...