Cupid & Psyche

Cupid & PsycheA black and white print of Antonio Canova's Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (17871793) the most famous Neoclassical sculpture of the 18th century, and the work that made Canova the defining European sculptor of his generation. Cupid lifts the unconscious Psyche from her enchanted sleep; her arms curl upward to his neck in the instant before their lips meet. The story comes from Apuleius' Metamorphoses: Psyche, set an impossible task by Venus, opened a

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it is one of the finest surviving bronze sculptures of the Greek world

A black and white photograph of the tiered steps of an ancient Greek theatre

What makes Pasquino unique in the modern life of Rome

giving your recipient the freedom to choose whenever they’re ready

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the classical geometry of the portico and the weight of the drum come forward without the distraction of modern Roman colour

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1636–1711) was a French engraver working in Paris in the second half of the 17th century

seamed where ancient repairs were made — reads with the clarity of archaeological photography

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The choice of subject was deliberately Michelangelesque — the knotted bodies