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Compare And Contrast Birth Of Venus Of Urbino

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I chose to compare Botticelli, “Birth of Venus,” and Titian’s, “Venus of Urbino.” Botticelli’s painting is from the early renaissance and Titian’s is high renaissance. Both Paintings depict the image of the goddess of love, Venus. Both artists create their art through the use of hue, value and intensity of color and symbolism. I was drawn to compare and contrast these two works of art because many artist throughout the centuries have depicted the image of Venus in many different ways, and it is neat to find out what each artist sees in what a Goddess is to look like.

Both portray Venus whom typically is known for her innocence and modesty. She is also known for her beauty and perfection. When looking at “Birth of Venus” we can see that these characteristics show. With her portraying such perfection we can tell that classical technique was used. You can also see that she seems shy or embarrassed because she is naked and she is covering herself up. On the contrary, when looking at “Venus of Urbino,” we see a whole seperate woman. We still see a romanticized woman but this depiction of venus is of her lying on a bed. Rather than being embarrassed she looks as if she is confident and inviting. In comparison to Botticelli, Venus …show more content…

He painted this image for the Duke of Urbino to celebrate his new marriage. The woman in the painting is a representation of the most well known Goddess, so that the painting wouldn’t be to promiscuous. You can see that the woman is a depiction of Venus through her romanticized appearance her beauty and modesty. Botticelli’s painting on the other hand, is an actual depiction of Venus. He painted the “Birth of Venus” for the Medici family. The story behind this well know piece of art is based on a roman myth the coming of Venus, she is born and carried on a cockle shell to her holy island Cythera. She symbolizes spiritual passion while the other Venus symbolizes passion and

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The amount of similarities at hand are easily outnumbered by the amount of differences present between the two pieces. Even with the two paintings being created within the span of a year apart, they each have different styles. Titian’s Venus of Urbino, created in

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Art has been used for decades to express viewpoints, religious beliefs, and ways of living. Some common theories relate around happiness, goddesses, afterlife, and religious viewpoints. Two pieces of art that will be compared and contrasted will be The Venus of Willendorf and Isis Nursing Horus. Many notable similarities and differences can be viewed with The Venus of Willendorf and Isis Nursing Horus. Although noted to be created in different time periods art has an interesting way of having intermingling meaning throughout the years.

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It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892 and is approximately 25,000 years old; it is one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face. She does have realistic facial detail but they are very plain and without expression. It is sculpted from mammoth ivory. The carving is 3.5 cm in height, 2.2 cm deep and 1.9 cm wide. Unlike the other Venus type sculptures found at Brassempouy and elsewhere, this particular one contains clear facial features of forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose but no mouth.

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After showing respect for a certain period of time, Roman women believed venus would make them prettier and more attractive to men. This was a huge reward for ancient Roman

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In my opinion this is also because the curves of the woman from Willendorf more possibly depicts a woman of color as we are the ones that tend to be more shapely. This was also another reason why I feel that the name Venus was taken out of her name. They probably wanted very little association of a woman of color being a Goddess let alone Venus herself. I’m sure that since Romans were constantly trying to depict themselves as close to God like as possible this was why they chose to strip her of her Goddess

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Raphael's Galatea was painted during the High Renaissance period while Botticelli's The Birth of Venus was from the period of Early Renaissaance. Raphael's Galatea and Botticelli's The Birth of Venus had both males and females' figures. Meanwhile, Raphael's Galatea and Botticelli's The Birth of Venus were both based on Greek mythology. Both paintings' color tones were very earthy and natural. As i mentioned in the beginning that both of the paintings were took place near the ocean, it is because i noticed there were dophins, seashells on Raphael's Galatea; while Botticelli's The Birth of Venus had the Goddess of Venus standing at a sea shore on the ocean.

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Louise Shewan is bio-archaeology researcher at University of Sydney who has studied “Venus figures” and stated in one of her articles “... the figurines have been variously considered to be fertility idols, self-representations of pregnancy, mother goddesses or charms among other interpretations”. Even today, fertility, reproduction and sexual behaviors towards women are on-going issues in our modern culture. The artist emphasizes her breasts, which suggests that the figure can take care of a child. We can also realize that the figure was originally painted in red ochre, symbolic of menses, and, her navel is not carved; rather, it is a natural indentation in the stone.

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Birth of Venus by Botticelli (1484-6) Botticelli’s, The Birth of Venus was the painting that I used in a Humanities class. But not to analyze the elements, more to find a hidden message. It is clear from the start Venus herself was the focal point of Botticelli’s Painting. He places Venus's nude body into an oversized scallop shell. By using pigment colors for her skin, and adding bright white to her flesh tones, gave her a permanent glow.

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