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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 367746, member: 5833"]You might say that comes later. This is more symbolic/allegorical: Hymenaios, god of marriage, leading a betrothed couple to the altar.</p><p><br /></p><p>This scene has long been known as the Marriage of Cupid & Psyche, although there is scholarly doubt about whether that is what the original this Wedgwood & others like it are based on was really meant to be depicting:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/WLA_brooklynmuseum_Wedgewood-Marriage_of_Cupid_and_Psyche.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is another scene of a couple being brought together:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]126034[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen a cameo of the Expulsion from Eden at a show but do not have a photo. The couple look like they are fleeing, not being led anywhere. Adam & Eve are actually not seen very often; when they are, this Renaissance cameo in the V&A is more typical:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]126033[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 367746, member: 5833"]You might say that comes later. This is more symbolic/allegorical: Hymenaios, god of marriage, leading a betrothed couple to the altar. This scene has long been known as the Marriage of Cupid & Psyche, although there is scholarly doubt about whether that is what the original this Wedgwood & others like it are based on was really meant to be depicting: [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/WLA_brooklynmuseum_Wedgewood-Marriage_of_Cupid_and_Psyche.jpg[/IMG] This is another scene of a couple being brought together: [ATTACH=full]126034[/ATTACH] I have seen a cameo of the Expulsion from Eden at a show but do not have a photo. The couple look like they are fleeing, not being led anywhere. Adam & Eve are actually not seen very often; when they are, this Renaissance cameo in the V&A is more typical: [ATTACH=full]126033[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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