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Love and punishment: Arrows in art
From Cupid's bow to Odysseus's epic archery skills, discover the meaning of arrows in art with Carlo Corsato
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Paintings featured in this video:
Peasants at Archery by David Teniers the Younger
An Allegory of Venus and Time by Tiepolo
The Marquise de Seignelay by Pierre Mignard
Venus and Adonis by Workshop of Titian
Scorn by Paolo Veronese
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian by Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo
Saint Sebastian by Gerrit van Honthorst
Penelope with the Suitors by Pintoricchio
Diana and Actaeon by Titian
The Death of Actaeon by Titian
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