Crusie Guide to Art 12

Giving new meaning to dirty sex, this painting is “Jupiter and Io” by Correggio, 1531-1532. “When Io fled from Jupiter – in Greek and Roman mythology the king of gods and man, the master of Heaven and Earth – he summoned dark clouds in broad daylight in order to keep the object of his desire from escaping and to seduce her in all secrecy, because he feared the revenge of his jealous wife, Juno.” If only Io had had a vacuum cleaner. Or better yet, Juno. https://artsandculture.google.com/ass...