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Boticelli’s The Birth of Venus is one of the most famous paintings in the world. The sustained fascination it evokes was strongly felt by Ottorino Respighi, who composed Trittico Boticelliano inspired by three of Boticelli’s artworks that can today be found at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Next, the calm yet ominous aura of Julia Wolfe’s The Vermeer Room – a piece that Julia Wolfe created as she studied Vermeer’s painting A girl asleep.

Lastly, hear Rachmaninoff’s thrilling The Isle of the Dead, taking a rowboat to the sinister island depicted in Arnold Böckling’s eponymous painting.