Uffizi

The subjects to be analyzed and compared in this essay depict different variations of the Roman goddess of love, Venus. The first topic of concern involves the famous painting by the Italian master Titian, “Venus of Urbino” which was completed in 1538, attributed to the Renaissance era. The second piece, “Olympia” was inspired by the original painting “Venus of Urbino”, but instead Eduoard Manet, adjusted the character in the original painting, and added more drama, something which sparked criticism at that time. These criticisms will be discussed later on in the comparative study. Manet’s artpiece was completed in 1863 and was referenced to the style of “Realism”. There are many more strikingly similar features in both paintings, than there…

I did the godess Aprodite who represnts love, beauty, jelousy and being vain so the imadges on my poster mostly represent, beauty, love, passion, jeloulsy and vain, i desided to go with the poster being in a heart because when we think of Aprodite we think love, the pictures on my poster that are women moslty are there to capture the beauty part of her charcater and how people thinks she beautiful so i put imadges that represent beautiful women (and some men such as zack effron, the bechham…

In 1483-1485 Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici commissioned the painting of The birth of Venus. Artist Sandro Botticelli completed this work of patronage for the Medici family. Using tempera on panel this piece is about 9 feet high and 6 feet wide, creating a larger than life element to this piece. This piece was originally titled La nascita di Venere and today can be viewed in the Uffizi Gallery, but was originally for the villa of Castello owned by the Medici family. This famous…

viewer. This is a big change for this time period because the classical female s gaze that was submissive gaze was down and to the side. this is a progression in how things were starting to change in how the viewer is interacting with the painting and how the artist uses the gaze of the woman figure out When we are looking at the Birth of Venus we see the most famous version of her. The idealist version of the female nude and the gaze of the female nude are very close to the viewer. With…

There have been controversies over the meaning of the ideal image of a woman during the fifteenth, seventeenth and the twenty-first centuries, but in reality the concept of ideal beauty is not set in concrete. Women have been known for their outstanding leadership skills, determination and have been admired for their looks. Beauty is seen in many different qualities such as skin tones, height, weight and hair color. Many people just view the superficial captivating looks, but rarely is the…

Nupinder Panesar 7855421 Aphrodite The True Mysterious Beauty Aphrodite, also known as Venus in the Roman myths, is the goddess of Love, Sex, and Beauty. Other than these titles, Aphrodite is the goddess of the sea and fertility. The birth of Aphrodite is separated into three different myths. The three myths are: 1) Born of the sea-form through the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ouranos, illustrated by Hesiodic; 2) Daughter of Zeus & Dione, told by homer ; 3) Hatched from an egg (Syrian…

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see," once said Edgar Degas. Sandro Botticelli created the "Birth of Venus," around the 1480's to do exactly that; to make the world see the goddess Venus in his own portrayal. Specifically about the artist, Botticelli, is little known around the world until this piece of artwork was created. The journal states, "This preeminence may be due to chance only, but to some will rather appear a result of deliberate judgment; for people have begun to…

While most of Titian's nudes in his Poesie series serve as idealized, eroticized figures, “The Rape of Europa” serves as a divergent example. Europa is not an idealized, simple, composition and instead complicates the Poesie narrative with her naturalism. I intend to look into the contradictory analysis of this painting and use my own visual analysis of the painting in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to come to my conclusion. Some of the contradictory elements I have found in this painting…

remained slightly flat due to the limited use of this technique. Atmospheric perspective is when the illusion of depth was made by blending the colors of the objects with the colors of the atmosphere and concurrently decreasing the saturation of color. The use of atmospheric perspective in this piece was limited, primarily because Botticelli was more concerned with depicting classical themes. Overall, this painting is composed in a brilliant manner with superb attention to detail. This…

Institutions have a very large impact on the works they house. These galleries have a hot or not list, and if that gallery has a piece of art it will be more widely recognized. Many people believe The Louvre is the height of someone’s career. If one makes it to The Louvre, living or dead one is a brilliant artist. Any other galleries are also good too, but the Louvre is the top. When people visit this institution they know they will see the best works worldwide. This was more prominent in the…