A part of the fresco "Triumph of Galatea," created by Raphael around 1512 for the Villa Farnesina in Rome. Art Images via Getty Images Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god ...

Jacques-Louis David was in exile in Belgium when he turned to erotic mythology Jacques-Louis David was one of art history’s great propagandists. His lifetime (1748-1825) overlapped with the last days ...

As Valentine’s Day approaches, there’s one figure you’ll probably see everywhere you look. You won’t be able to miss him while planning Valentine’s Day ideas and browsing for the perfect Valentine’s ...

Cupid has been domesticated. Originally, a strapping youth of marriageable age (with wings, bow and arrow), this classical god (Cupid, son of Venus, in Latin; Eros, son of Aphrodite, in Greek) has ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting victims, I take refuge in my training as a scholar of early Greek poetry ...