The two paintings I chose to compare and contrast were Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe and The Birth of Venus. Both paintings were created in different time periods. Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe was created in 1862-1863 by Èdouard Manet. The Birth of Venus was created in 1484-1486 by Sandro Botticelli. When you look at both paintings there are many similarities you can point out just by looking at them. Although they were made in two different eras of time, the paintings have more in common than one would think.
Èdouard Manet’s painting was originally one of the many paintings that were rejected by the Salon, which was an exhibition of paintings. In 1863 the Salon jury rejected almost 3,000 of the submitted works, which caused such an uproar among the …show more content…
Born in 1445,He belonged to the third generation of Renaissance artists. Early in his career, he had the great fortune to enjoy the patronage of the Medici, the ruling merchant family of Florence, who probably commissioned this painting. The Medici sponsored an Academy—a sort of discussion group—where humanist scholars and artists met to discuss Classical culture and its relationship to Christianity (Living With Art, 398). The Birth of Venus was also a pretty large painting, 6’7” X 9’2”. The picture is very unique and you can tell that Botticelli took his time on this painting. It contains Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. According to legend she was born from the sea, and so Botticelli depicts her on a floating shell The wend god Zephyr and his wife blow her gently toward the shore, where a figure representing spring waits ready to clothe Venus in a flowing garment (Living With Art, 398). Venus is completely in the nude, covering some of her body parts with her hair and hand. Zephyr and his wife is almost completely nude, but they have a cloth wrapped around parts of their body. The only person fully clothed is the figure representing
Èdouard Manet’s painting was originally one of the many paintings that were rejected by the Salon, which was an exhibition of paintings. In 1863 the Salon jury rejected almost 3,000 of the submitted works, which caused such an uproar among the …show more content…
Born in 1445,He belonged to the third generation of Renaissance artists. Early in his career, he had the great fortune to enjoy the patronage of the Medici, the ruling merchant family of Florence, who probably commissioned this painting. The Medici sponsored an Academy—a sort of discussion group—where humanist scholars and artists met to discuss Classical culture and its relationship to Christianity (Living With Art, 398). The Birth of Venus was also a pretty large painting, 6’7” X 9’2”. The picture is very unique and you can tell that Botticelli took his time on this painting. It contains Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. According to legend she was born from the sea, and so Botticelli depicts her on a floating shell The wend god Zephyr and his wife blow her gently toward the shore, where a figure representing spring waits ready to clothe Venus in a flowing garment (Living With Art, 398). Venus is completely in the nude, covering some of her body parts with her hair and hand. Zephyr and his wife is almost completely nude, but they have a cloth wrapped around parts of their body. The only person fully clothed is the figure representing