Love and Punishment | Arrows in art | National Gallery
In this video, National Gallery Educator Carlo Corsato explains the meaning of the symbol of bows and arrows in paintings.
If you are interested in the story telling and symbolism in Titian paintings, check out our upcoming exhibition –
Titian: Love, Desire, Death
16 March – 14 June 2020
Find out more: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/titian-love-desire-death
Paintings mentioned in this video:
Peasants at Archery, David Teniers the Younger, NG5851
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/david-teniers-the-younger-peasants-at-archery
An Allegory of Venus and Time, Tiepolo, NG6387,
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/giovanni-battista-tiepolo-an-allegory-with-venus-and-time
The Marquise de Seignelay, Pierre Mignard, NG2967
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pierre-mignard-the-marquise-de-seignelay-and-two-of-her-sons
Venus and Adonis, Workshop of Titian, NG34
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/workshop-of-titian-venus-and-adonis
Scorn, Paolo Veronese, NG1324
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paolo-veronese-scorn
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, Antonio and Piero Pollaiolo, NG292
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/antonio-del-pollaiuolo-and-piero-del-pollaiuolo-the-martyrdom-of-saint-sebastian
Saint Sebastian, Gerrit von Honthorst, NG4503
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gerrit-van-honthorst-saint-sebastian
Penelope with the Suitors, Pintoricchio, NG911
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pintoricchio-penelope-with-the-suitors.
Diana and Acteon, Titian, NG6611
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-diana-and-actaeon
The Death of Actaeon, Titian, NG6420
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-the-death-of-actaeon
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