Afsheen Hussain
GNHU 285
Mythology
Dr. Bakalian
Type of Artifact: Lorenzo Lotto (Venus and Cupid)
Material: Oil on Canvas
Date of Artifact: CA. 1480-1556
Artist Name: Loreto
The Providence: Italian, Venice
This painting may have been a gift for a wedding; it shows that the painter had true passion and a true desire to honor the bride and the marriage. Venus was painted with features of the bride; it shows that the bride is like a goddess and deserves all the love and happiness she gets. The marriage and union of a couple is honored and in a sense given luck because Cupid is shown as an attendant, but he represents a strong passion with love, together the two compliments and reinforces the marriage. As seen in the painting Cupid is peeing on Venus, …show more content…
Psyche told her sisters about Cupid and how she is in love with a guy that she has never seen but has only heard speak. Psyche was compelled by her sisters to take a look at Cupid because they made her believe that he was a monster. Cupid warned Psyche of her sister’s jealousy and told her not to listen to them. He tried to tell her that they are upset and that she has a love that they do not have. Her sisters led her to believe that cupid is a monster and convinces Psyche to kill cupid. So psyche sets out with a lamp and a dagger to see who the person that she fell in love with is and also a dagger to kill him. Cupid left in anger and despair; psyche looked all over the world for him until finally Venus said that she would help psyche find cupid if she completed the tasked presented by Venus. Psyche agreed with the tasks each task was harder than the last she had one last task to complete which was to give Pluto a box contains something that Psyche was told specifically to not look into but psyches curiosity go the best of her and she looked into the box and the box held eternal sleep which was placed there by Venus.
GNHU 285
Mythology
Dr. Bakalian
Type of Artifact: Lorenzo Lotto (Venus and Cupid)
Material: Oil on Canvas
Date of Artifact: CA. 1480-1556
Artist Name: Loreto
The Providence: Italian, Venice
This painting may have been a gift for a wedding; it shows that the painter had true passion and a true desire to honor the bride and the marriage. Venus was painted with features of the bride; it shows that the bride is like a goddess and deserves all the love and happiness she gets. The marriage and union of a couple is honored and in a sense given luck because Cupid is shown as an attendant, but he represents a strong passion with love, together the two compliments and reinforces the marriage. As seen in the painting Cupid is peeing on Venus, …show more content…
Psyche told her sisters about Cupid and how she is in love with a guy that she has never seen but has only heard speak. Psyche was compelled by her sisters to take a look at Cupid because they made her believe that he was a monster. Cupid warned Psyche of her sister’s jealousy and told her not to listen to them. He tried to tell her that they are upset and that she has a love that they do not have. Her sisters led her to believe that cupid is a monster and convinces Psyche to kill cupid. So psyche sets out with a lamp and a dagger to see who the person that she fell in love with is and also a dagger to kill him. Cupid left in anger and despair; psyche looked all over the world for him until finally Venus said that she would help psyche find cupid if she completed the tasked presented by Venus. Psyche agreed with the tasks each task was harder than the last she had one last task to complete which was to give Pluto a box contains something that Psyche was told specifically to not look into but psyches curiosity go the best of her and she looked into the box and the box held eternal sleep which was placed there by Venus.