The document discusses the history and traditions of marriage through the centuries as depicted in various works of art. It describes how marriage was seen as an important social and economic institution and how weddings became grand public spectacles for wealthy families to display their status. The roles and traditions surrounding marriage varied between social classes and regions but generally involved ceremonies, processions, gifts, and feasts celebrating the union of the couple.

1. Marriage in art Eugène Buland: Matrimonio Innocente Over the centuries, "the couple continues to be a point of reference, even if it has become more difficult build and easier to dissolve. "

2. Marriage in ancient Greece

3. Marriage in Ancient Rome

4. JOHN Stradano, sabine women bring peace between the Roman husbands and relatives sabini, Palazzo Vecchio, Sale of Sabine

5. Costumi del 1200 the ceremony of a wedding.

6. Giorgio Vasari, The Marriage of Marseille, Palazzo Vecchio, Sala di Clemente VII

11. Sposalizio della Vergine Parrocchiale di Ovada (AL)

12. Hieronymus Bosch - Le nozze di Cana - 1475.

13. Portrait of two spouses, Lorenzo Lotto

14. Jacopo da Empoli, Marriage of Eleonora de Medici and Vincenzo Gonzaga (1600)>> Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi

15. SCHOOL OF GHIRLANDAIO, Scene from a marriage, Florence, San Martino Bonomini

16. Domenico Ghirlandaio, Assignment of dowry to girls in need, the second half of the fifteenth century, Florence, oratory of San Martino Bishop

19. Pieter Bruegel Il matrimonio contadino, 1568

23. Sir Frank Dicksee:Giulietta e Romeo

24. Lajos Gulaksi: Paolo e Francesca

25. Mark Chagall Marriage

26. GALLERIA GLI ELFI di Stefano Vernillo Matrimonio

27. Mark Chagall Russian wedding

28. Yesterday and Today