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San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice; Antonietta Brandeis (Czech, 1848-1926),

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fordarkmornings:

Compilation: Love between women as allegories in art throughout history

Italy Grateful to France. Vincenzo Vela, ca. 1862. France receives a kiss from a liberated Italy, whose broken chains lie at her feet.

Italy and Germany. Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1828. A friendship allegory that symbolizes the artistic ideals of the two, specifically the espousal of early-Renaissance Italian and German art in the form of a pair of dark- and fair-haired maidens holding hands. 

Peace and Justice. Attributed to Ciro Ferri, 1600s. 

Charity and Justice. Rosalba Carriera, 1730s. 

art-classique:

Psyche Et Amour by Sally White

“Cupid bringing Psyche back to life with a kiss after his mother, Aphrodite, killed her in a jealous rage. Located in the Louvre Museum in Paris.”