In honor of Valentine's Day, and since it will be closing on Monday, I decided to revisit Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, an extensive exhibition of masterpieces inspired by love, which I previewed exactly three months ago when I was just starting this blog: read that post here. True to my word, I did take more time to view the work in this exhibition and learn a little something about those sexy Italians!
Art and Love takes the visitor through all aspects of Renaissance love: from wedding gifts to everyday objects, textiles to portraits and chests, allegorical and erotic paintings, and everything pertaining to the subject.
The Met's YouTube channel also has a ton of content on this:
...and here is a curatorial talk in three parts: (1) (2) (3).
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