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I should start out by saying that I have never studied art and know very little about it. I don’t know what makes a good painting great or a great painting a masterpiece but I do know what makes one famous. That would be any painting that even a guy like me would recognize. This list is not about colors, depth of field, symbolism, interpretation or why the artist chose to paint on beaverboard over canvas. This list looks at the personal lives of the people that have posed as subjects or models in 10 well known paintings which I feel is never discussed enough. Please comment if anyone feels the information I have gathered is not entirely accurate or if you have any other interesting facts on these subjects and models.
One of the most prevalent themes in art throughout history is love. Paintings of lovers represent how views on love have changed over time. Few of the names that we have selected to depict love are by Suzuki Harunobu, Antonio Canova, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Raja Ravi Varma, and Abanindranath Tagore.
Antonio Canova, Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss (1787–93). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The story of Cupid and Psyche is a classic tale of lovers overcoming endless obstacles, including betrayal, separation, disapproving parents, a near-death experience, and the fact that she was a mere mortal and he the god of love. Of course, in the end, love does indeed conquer all. In the second century, Lucius Apuleius’s novel Metamorphoses detailed the tumultuous relationship, which became a popular theme in artworks across mediums. The tale begins with Psyche, a beautiful girl born to nobility and treated with the deference of a goddess, who was punished by the vengeful Venus for attracting such devotion as a mortal. She sends the god of love himself, Cupid, to curse the young woman, but upon laying eyes on Psyche, Cupid falls hopelessly in love with her. He visits her nightly and implores her not to look at his face, lest she realize who her lover is. Unable to resist, Psyche betrays her beloved’s confidence and peeks through the shadows to see him.