Stories, myths and legends

View previous and next items

Unlock the stories behind the collection's paintings – discover a world of myth and meaning

If this text remains on screen after the page has loaded, please install Adobe Flash and enable Javascript.

About the video:

Celebrate one of the most unique cultural events this summer – Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 – with this re-imagining of the Diana myth.

Explore the life and work of Titian through film, in-depth research and more

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

Historian Bernadine Corrigan on the life of the Roman poet

Carol Plazzotta explores 'Diana and Actaeon'

Explore creation myths in 'The Origin of the Milky Way'

Learn the lessons of love in 'Cupid complaining to Venus'

Discover the background of Titian's 'Bacchus and Ariadne'

Artist John Lessore and Restorer Jill Dunkerton: 'The Death of Actaeon'

Hear the story of 'Bacchus and Ariadne'

The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN