Venus Essay

The Venus of Willendorf is one of the oldest and most famous early images of a human. She represents what use to be the “ideal woman” with her curvy figure and the emphasis on fertility seen in the features of her sculpted body. This paper will analyze the Venus of Willendorf sculpture in terms of its formal analysis. Most of the information about the Venus of Willendorf is based on scientific research and theory because there is no actual documentation that dates back as far as the sculpture.

This artwork is an oil painting called ‘Venus of Urbino’ by Titian Vecellio and painted in 1538. This painting was commissioned by Guidobaldo Rovere and Duke of Urbino to celebrate his marriage in 1534. It exemplifies the Venetian Renaissance style. It also contains use of colorito (color and light), emphasis on mood, and sensual erotic subject matter. In this artwork, there was a long standing debate on who the woman in the painting actually is. Since there is no concrete written evidence of Titian’s

Venus of Urbino is a 1538 oil painting by a man named Titan. It is 3’11” x 5’5” and it was made during the Renaissance period. It is located in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. The painting depicts a nude woman, who can be identified with the goddess Venus, laying down on a couch in a Renaissance palace. Titan finished up a painting that was left unfinished by Giorgine of a nude Venus laying down, sleeping on a hill. In his painting, he paints her laying on a couch, gazed, interacting fully

A Formal Analysis of Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus Giorgione’s piece titled sleeping Venus is located in Gemaldegalerie at Dresden. It was painted by Giorgione in Italy and completed by Titian in 1510. Sleeping Venus mainly represents a nude women is sleeping in a village. This piece is painted with oil on canvas, and it is 42.7 inches wide and 69 inches long. In this painting, an elegant, nude young women is sleeping in the countryside. Her eyes are closed; she puts her right hand under her head and

The Rokeby Venus Diego Velazquez was the leading figure during the era of Spanish Baroque art. He surpassed other skilled artists in genre and portrait paintings to gain a place in King Philip the IV’s Spanish Court. During the time of Philip IV’s ruling (1605-1665) Spain was a strong advocate for Catholic counter-reformation art in a desire to halt the spread of Protestantism. As a result of Spain’s support for this approach to art, Spanish artwork at this time was massively influenced by religious

The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli, which she painted during the time of the Florence Renaissance era. Botticelli used and depicted human body features in her art; by doing this, she created a much more realistic and human-like painting. The painting was originally done for the Medici family. A creation painted of tempera on canvas, The Birth of Venus is a work of the Renaissance, but does not contain or depict the typical images found during that particular era. Because this

Ideal Beauty and the Venus of Willendorf The Venus of Willendorf is said to be the first masterpiece of world sculptures. It belongs to a series of Venus figurines of the Paleolithic period or “Old Stone Age.” This period was characterized by crude stone and bone weapons, cave paintings, and sculptures. The Venus was found in a small village of Austria called Willendorf, hence the name of the Venus. This groundbreaking discovery was made in 1908 by the archaeologist Josef Szombathy. However, it was

"Madonna" and "Venus" From Two Different Periods I have always been intrigued by the many depictions of "Madonna" and "Venus" therefore I chose to compare and contrast Parmigianino’s “Madonna of the Long Neck” from the mannerist style of the later Renaissance and Titian's “Venus of Urbino” from Venetian Renaissance. First I will tell you a little bit about the historical background of both paintings, then I will prove my thesis by talking about exemplifies two artist's style and the

Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) (1984) by Andy Warhol acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen Viewed at Arkansas Arts Center Andy Warhol exhibition (October 28, 2008) A Modern Venus Andy Warhol’s piece titled Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) represents the face of the goddess Venus. This piece was made in 1984 as a depiction of the face of Venus from the earlier painting The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli that was completed in 1482

Your Name April 21, 2013 Venus de Willendorf VS The Barbie Doll Who are they today? Venus de Willendorf and Barbie are two very different representations of women and their beauty. Both are man-made and inspirational, both from two very different times. Venus by the homosapiens millions of years ago and Barbie a mere fifty years ago by a woman and mother looking for a doll her daughter could play and grow with. In looking at Venus de Willendorf and the Barbie doll, they seem to be related in