Marriage, for some, is the most predominant and major event that changes the lives of those that consider it to be the pinnacle of making their love and relationship public, official and permanent. However for homosexuals it has only just become legal to display their love through the time-honored act of marriage, breaking down barriers against religious restriction and general animosity.

Botticelli’s “Venus and Mars” is the most celebrated spalliera painting, which was designed as a lesson for the bride and groom exemplifying a traditional Renaissance marriage between the dominant man and the subordinate female. It incorporates significant symbolism of fertility, conception, sin, chastity and the strength of love.
 

Uniting these tropes with the subject of homosexuality, these paintings demonstrate Dulce est Amare, love is sweet, love is blind and marriage is for everyone.