"Bacchanal" (see related A | B | C) Tiziano Vecellio (known as Titian) (c. 1488/1490 - 1576) El Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Themes of sexuality were favored by Tiziano Vicellio (Titian) - this scenario was commissioned in 1523 by the Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso de Este. It shows Ariadne and the effect of wine imbibed during the festivity of her wedding with Bacchus who rescued her from danger. Titian was inspired by the poem "The chant of Wine" by Cathulus. Two other works depicting "Bacchanal" and "The Feast of the gods" also illustrate the wedding of Ariadne and Bacchus. In addition, another painting depicts the "Worship of Venus".

These works later inspired Reubens. Historians say that the Bacchante upon whose head wine is being poured is Violante, the lover of Titian. These sensual works were preserved and not destroyed by conservative Spanish kings. In contrast stands John D. Rockefeller, a barbaric oligarch who destroyed murals by Diego Ribera, a symbol that money and riches do not impede primitive barbaric uncivilized behavior.