In ancient Greek mythology, Eros, the son of Venus, is called Cupid in Roman mythology. A king and queen gave birth to three beautiful daughters. The youngest was Psyche. Her beauty made Venus very jealous and ordered Cupid to punish her. Cupid fell in love with Psyche after seeing her and made her his wife, letting her live in the temple. Because Psyche was just a mortal, she could never see Cupid's face, so she was very depressed. Two sisters of Psyche were jealous of her life in the temple, so they deceived her that Cupid was a demon and encouraged her to watch him secretly at night. After she lit the oil lamp at night and saw Cupid, she realized that Cupid turned out to be a handsome boy. However, Cupid was awakened by this, angrily left, the palace and garden disappeared, and she finally found herself lying alone in a wilderness.
So, Psyche looked for Cupid everywhere and came to the temple of Venus unknowingly. In order to destroy Psyche, the goddess of love Venus confessed to Psyche many difficult and dangerous tasks. The last task was to ask her to give an empty box to Proserpine, the queen of Hades, and bring another box back from her. On the way back, there was always a voice guiding her and warning her that after retrieving the box, she could not open the box anyway. Psyche finally completed the task, but in the end, her curiosity still defeated the voice, which drove her to open the box to find out. The golden box contained the sleeping ghost in hell. It ran out of the box and attached it to Psyk, making Psyk a sleeping corpse. Later, Cupid found Poseke and found that she was asleep on the ground, so he awakened her with a deep kiss and drove away from the sleeping ghost from her. The gods were moved by the love of Psyche and Cupid, and they gave Psyche a bowl of immortality and named her a goddess. Since then, Psyche and Cupid have become a couple.
Throughout art history, the theme of love is undoubtedly eternal. In 1793, "psyche revived by cupid's kiss" became one of the most popular sculptures in neoclassicism. Inspired by the love story of Cupid above, it was carved by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. The sculpture describes the plot in mythology, where Cupid's kiss resurrected his dying lover Psyche. Canova's works are based on smooth and rhythmic lines, harmonious images and graceful gestures, creating an aesthetic atmosphere.
This work depicts a touching moment, "Cupid's face approached her, lifting his beloved soul in a tender embrace", Canova cleverly captured the height and humanity of the scene by paying special attention to the realistic expression and intimate positioning of the characters Ism emotion.
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