An epic showdown between man’s moralizing musculature and serpentine sin.
Late Victorian
Inspired by a campaign to raise the age of consent, Watts harked back to the Athenian version of the Hunger Games.
George Frederic Watts, The Minotaur
This master of texture was wildly popular in the nineteenth century. Why was he forgotten during the twentieth?
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Listening to Homer
Removing nearly all references to myth, Leighton focuses on the beauty of the nude and harmonious colors.