François Édouard Picot’s Amor and Psyche shows the lovers as idealized, porcelain-smooth bodies with Cupid leaning in a tender embrace to give a kiss to Psyche who is turned towards the viewer, not seeing Cupid.
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François Gérard’s Cupid and Psyche shows the lovers as idealized, porcelain-smooth bodies with Cupid leaning in a tender embrace to give a kiss to Psyche who is turned towards the viewer, not seeing Cupid.
The statue "Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss" by Antonio Canova is a marble group made between 1787 and 1793, now in the Louvre. It shows the moment when Psyche is brought back to life by Cupid. She has just awakened and twists upward from a rocky base, arms raised to encircle Cupid’s head. He kneels over her to give her a kiss.
Anton Raphael Mengs' "The Judgement of Paris" depicts the story of Paris, a Trojan prince, who is tasked with deciding who among the three goddesses-Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite—is the most beautiful.
Caravaggio’s "Amor Vincit Omnia" or “Love Conquers All” shows a life-size Cupid, completely nude, set against a deep, almost black background. He’s not a sweet idealized cherub but a wiry adolescent boy with tousled hair, dark eagle wings and a crooked, knowing grin.