“The Garden of Love” is the most mannered of the paintings that have come down to us. More than two dozen naked figures intertwined in a complex, elegant arabesque. Their
Flood by Karel van Mander
According to the Bible, the deluge was Divine retribution for the moral fall of mankind. God thus decided to exterminate all of humanity, leaving only the pious Noah and his
Sons of Israel dancing around the golden calf by Karel van Mander
Moses climbed Mount Sinai, and God gave him two stone tablets, on which these commandments were written. For forty days Moses remained at the top of the mountain, and God
The generosity of Scipio by Karel van Mander
This – the story takes place in ancient Rome, during the Second Punic War. The Second Punic War – a military conflict between the two coalitions, headed by Rome and