14 Lithographs numbered plates measuring 21.25" x 30"
Edition: Art Graphic International - Paris
The Art of Love (Ars amatoria) : by Ovid (43 BC-17 AD).
Written 2000 years ago, the Art of Love consists of three songs dedicated to seduction and intrigue, then to masculine conquest and finally to female seduction.
This manual of the art of being attractive is also a picture of the morals of Roman times and a precious study of characters.

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Venus Romans Apollo Erato Dionee
"Venus by Dali" "Romans, if there is
one amongst by Dali"
"Apollo by Dali" "Divine Erato by Dali" "But oh, Beautiful Dionee
by Dali"

Queen Cythera Icarus messenger pyladehermione
"We see this Queen by Dali" "The Goddess of Cythera by Dali" "Young Icarus by Dali" "Young messenger by Dali" "Pylade loving Hermione by Dali"

loveenjoyed daughterofminos Pheobus wifeofmenelas
"It was then that Love
enjoyed waging war by Dali"
"Daughter of Minos by Dali" "Pheobus, this God crowned with laurels by Dali" "The unfaithful wife of Menelas by Dali"

Art of Love | Hell | Purgatory | Heaven | Sculpture | Biblia Sacra | Decameron | Tristan and Iseult

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