… “arbitrium tu, dea, floris habe ” - Ovidio, Fasti, V, 210. As mythology paintings entered into Renaissance art, Botticelli broke new ground with his work. He was the first to create large scale mythology scenes, some based on historical accounts of mythology.

“Art only begins where Imitation ends.” - Oscar Wilde, De profundis, 1897. Fresco painting, method of painting water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster, usually on wall surfaces.

Delftware, or Delft pottery, denotes blue and white pottery made in and around Delft in the Netherlands and the tin-glazed pottery made in the Netherlands from the 16th century.