After its success in Mantua, Amore e Psiche. La favola dell'anima decorates Monza's Villa Reale until May 4th. "Cupid and Psyche: A Tale of the Spirit" recaps Apuleius's myth via archaeological masterpieces from Magna Graecia, Roman art and works by such greats as Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Palma Vecchio (i.e. the Elder), Auguste Rodin, Salvador Dalì, Lucio Fontana, and Tamara de Lempicka.

Of course the symbol of them all remains Antonio Canova's Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss - here in plaster cast - the model for the remarkable sculptures inside the Louvre in Paris and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. The art and archaeology on show in the rooms of the Serrone, inside the Neoclassical residence, accompany the visitor in discovery of the ancient legend of Eros and Psyche, re-told by Apuleius in the 2nd Century C.E. 

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