Venus And Adonis Essay

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"Venus and Adonis" (1554) was composed for the Habsburg family more specifically Philip III. "Venus and Adonis" is one of the two artworks that Titian painted for the Habsburg family back to back. The painter uses some of the mathematical principles that have to do with depth in "Venus and Adonis" such as perception. This painting depicts the goddess Venus who had fallen in love with a handsome mortally named Adonis. It was prophesized that Adonis would die while hunting, in this painting it confers Venus trying to stop Adonis from leaving to hunt.

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