Foundations

Even in a pastoral idyll, there is death.

Holbein the Younger’s image still startles 500 years after its creation.

The immortal Titan abandoned to his eternal fate.

Love conquers all in Botticelli’s sensuous mythological masterpiece. 

A warning is ignored and a city falls in El Greco’s lurid depiction.

A 17th-century depiction of Joseph and Jesus marks a shift in the status of the nuclear family.

Man and woman become one in a visionary and resonant myth. 

A tale of female revenge, power and solidarity.

The myth of Arachne and Minerva is a commentary on the plight of the artist, wrapped in a dramatic tale of rivalry between god and mortal.