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Venus and Cupid Summary Description: Venus and Cupid Author: William Edward Frost Licensing Its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.

Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time Artist: Angelo Bronzino (1503–1572) Title: Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time [Allegory of the Triumph of Venus] Deutsch: Allegorie des Triumphes der Venus Français : Allégorie du triomphe de Vénus Italiano: Allegoria del trionfo di Venere Year: 1540-1545 Technique: Deutsch: Öl auf Holz Français : Oil on wood Français : Huile sur bois Italiano: Olio su tavola Dimensions: 146 × 116 cm (57.48 × 45.67 in) Current location: National Gallery, London Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time - also referred to as An Allegory of Venus and Cupid and A Triumph of Venus - is an allegorical painting by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino now in the National Gallery, London. Around 1546, Bronzino was commissioned to create a painting which has come to be known as Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time. It displays the ambivalence, eroticism and obscure imagery which is characteristic of the Mannerist period, and of Bronzino's master Pontormo. The painting may have been...

Cupid In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido, meaning "desire") is the god of erotic love and beauty. He is also known by another one of his Latin names, Amor (cognate with Kama). He is the son of goddess Venus and god Mars. In popular culture Cupid is frequently shown shooting his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine's Day. He is now in the current culture the personification of love and courtship in general. For the equivalent deity in Greek mythology, see Eros. Legend In the Roman version, Cupid was the son of Venus (goddess of love) and variously Mars, Mercury or Neptune.[2][3] In the Greek version he was named Eros and seen as one of the primordial gods (though other myths exist as well). Cupid was often depicted with wings, a bow, and a quiver of arrows. The following story is almost identical in both cultures; the most familiar version is found in Lucius Apuleius's Metamorphoses. When Cupid's mother Venus became jealous of th...

Cupid and Psyche (/ˈsaɪkiː/; also known as The Tale of Amour and Psyche and The Tale of Eros and Psyche), is a legend that first appeared as a digressionary story told by an old woman in Lucius Apuleius' novel, The Golden Ass, written in the 2nd century AD. Apuleius likely used an earlier tale as the basis for his story, modifying it to suit the thematic needs of his novel. It has since been interpreted as a Märchen, an allegory and a myth. Considered as a fairy tale, it is either an allegory or a myth, but the folkloric tradition tends to blend these. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupid_and_Psyche http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canova-Cupd_and_Psyche_300degree_view.jpg Cupid and Psyche, by Antonio Canova, c. 1808, in the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg.