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Leda's head and hairstyle shows a head and neck modelled by means of hatchings. Leonardo introduced this usage into his drawings shortly before 1500(Head of Leda by LEONARDO Da Vinci).
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The Birth of Venus is the first example in Tuscany of a painting on canvas (Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli ).
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Titian in some areas used his fingers in the painting, as seen in Adonis hand (Venus and Adonis (Getty Museum)).
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It is said in order to frame the central Old Testament scenes, Michelangelo painted a fictive architectural molding and supporting statues down the length of the chapel (Michelangelo's Painting of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling ).
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Raphael was asked by a courtier where did he found a model of such beauty. He replied that he did not copy any specific model but rather followed "a certain idea" he had formed in his mind (Web Gallery of Art, Searchable Fine Arts Image Database).
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Zeus is the camouflaged within a blackish cloud because the love he has for Io has to be discreet (Jupiter and Io by CORREGGIO).
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Titian painted this picture for the Duke of Camerino Guidobaldo della Rovere (1514-74), who later became the Duke of Urbino (Venus of Urbino (1538)).
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It is said that the bull’s eye was painted by Titan to be impossible to avoid it is considered the most painted eye of human or animal in Western art (Rape of Europa by Titian).
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The artist is not known of the painting and artist was not chiefly interested in the myth, but he or she needed an excuse for painting a landscape (Landscape with Mercury and Argus (Getty Museum)).
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Caravaggio further played with light in Bacchus. A reflection of Bacchus can be found both in the carafe and in the wine in the goblet in his hand (Bacchus by Caravaggio)
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This art was done during the middle of Michaelangelo's career, a time where he preferred a magical sense of atmosphere, suspense, and introspection (Narcissus).
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Amphitrite was an attendants of the sea-god Poseidon. Poseidon originally named Neptune fell in love with Amphitrite after seeing her dancing on the island of Naxos (Amphitrite).
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Earth and Water joining is seen as wealth and prosperity for all of mankind (Peter Paul Rubens).
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On the further side of Neptune are several sailing vessels and triremes representing the fleet that the Cardinal Infante Ferdinand took from Barcelona to Genoa in April 1633 (Neptune Calming the Tempest, 1635 by Rubens).
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In Greek mythology, Helen was the daughter of Zeus (King of the Gods) and Leda a human being (Helen of Troy | The De Morgan Foundation).
