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Burne-Jones's subject matter expands beyond Rossetti's obsession with women. During a time of intense popular interest in the legend of King Arthur, Burne-Jones spent many hours drawing the head of Sir Galahad. And particularly knowledgeable in Greek mythology, he undertook to illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche for William Morris. It was from Burne-Jones that the French symbolists (shown in the last room of the exhibition) and particularly Gustave Moreau, took their inspiration...
...wrote this most lyrical draft in Italy, inspired partly by the sensual "bright and dancing" frescoes in the Etruscan tombs at Tarquinia. It is substantially longer than the famous version, but no more obscene-which is to say that today it seems about as off-color as a Tiepolo cupid...
...players generate a sparkly and engaging atmosphere, as they run the gamut from pure kneeslapping comedy to bawdy jokes and nude appearances. Pan and Cupid swing rosy-cheeked down from thereafters, babies are eaten alive, a sexy maiden is transformed for punishment by Juno into a credible cow with amazingly bovine expressions, a jive-ass-hipster Zeus with greaser shades trysts with earthling maidens, and the verdict is pronounced upon Narcissus. "The sucker came up from inside of him, and that's a rumble nobody can cool...
This busy cupid has become so popular that a Swiss radio station broadcast an Alexandrine in his honor the other day: "Si tu veux te marier, va trouver René." Bouvet appreciated the sentiment but not the publicity; the French Ministry of Justice could fine him $5.50 for every marriage pronounced without posting of bans. Thus, when five couples seeking marriage turned up in Novel last week, they found that Monsieur le maire was not in a marrying mood. "My husband is all worn out, so he has gone to Switzerland to lie in a sauna," said his wife...
...racing's grandes dames; of cancer; in Manhattan. Though married to Peter A.B. Widener II, heir to the racing and breeding dynasty, the beautiful socialite was determined to make it on her own; under her own colors, she bred and raced such horses as Hula Dancer and Dan Cupid. Her greatest was the stallion Polynesian, winner of the 1945 Preakness and sire of the magnificent Native Dancer...