Depictions of gods and goddesses, fantastic beasts and the heroes of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Cheating husbands and wives, and murderous heretics; images of guilt and retribution.
Compare the precision of the Dutch flower painters with the energy of van Gogh’s sunflowers.
The motherly love of the Madonna to the passion of Titian’s Bacchus, love in its many forms.
Tragic queens, victorious leaders, epic battles: defining historical moments in world history.
Géricault’s startled horse to Goya’s evil witches; representations of terror and fear.