Renaissance

From Dorian Gray’s hidden portrait to Donna Tartt’s stolen Goldfinch, novelist Sophia Tobin chooses her favourite books with paintings at their heart

“Granada Cathedral in Spain”

The Birth of Venus was probably painted in the mid 1480s. It shows the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, emerging from the sea fully grown. The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, ItalyThe perfect gift for jigsaw puzzlers and classical fine art enthusiasts, this traditional adult wooden jigsaw puzzle can be done time and again. Our puzzle artists have included many Renaissance-themed shaped whimsy puzzle pieces that match the subject of the painting, and we have…

This select group of most famous paintings will probably continue to echo and leave impressions in the minds of people in the centuries to come.

How sweet it is to be loved by me. Weave your basket of independence in the solitude but not so silent place of the bedroom, rediscover sovereignty on a whole new level. How well do you self pleasure? Society has praised the holy, not-so-holy, matrimony of partnership for a very long time. What perhaps once held the

Versatile e competente nelle diverse arti, Raffaello si distingue per il linguaggio armonioso e rasserenante con cui realizza il suo ideale di bellezza intriso di spiritualità cristiana e che, nella pittura e nell'architettura, lo eleva a simbolo dell'ultima e straordinaria epoca rinascimentale.