When Cupid's arrow strikes, it sketches the portrait of the beloved directly into the heart, which is why the god of love was praised as the greatest artist by the Italian poet Petrarch. Ulrich Pfisterer explores the fundamental connections between art and love through texts and images. Even Cicero pointed out the linguistic kinship between the brush, the pen, and the penis. Alongside the erotic-sensual aspect, there is also the theme of conception and the birth of the arts. Art is experienced physically. And not only antiquity but also Christianity plays a role when, for example, the allegories of justice and peace unite in a passionate kiss. In a Dutch engraving from 1580, it is surprisingly diligence and labor that kiss. In the Renaissance, the eroticization of art in word and image was omnipresent.