Amore e Psiche
Scultura
Anno: 300 a.C. - 201 a.C.
It is a theme that had much success in the Roman world, also in literature, for having been taken up by Apuleius in the Metamorphoses: depicting the union between divine and mortal, it was used to justify unions between noble families and plebeian classes but also as a symbol of passage of the soul (Psyche) to a blessed life, beyond the earthly one.
Musei Capitolini
ROMA
Amore e Psiche
Scultura
Anno: 300 a.C. - 201 a.C.
It is a theme that had much success in the Roman world, also in literature, for having been taken up by Apuleius in the Metamorphoses: depicting the union between divine and mortal, it was used to justify unions between noble families and plebeian classes but also as a symbol of passage of the soul (Psyche) to a blessed life, beyond the earthly one.
Musei Capitolini
ROMA