In 1538, the work of art known as Venus of Urbino was completed by the famed renaissance artist Tiziano Vecellio (more commonly known as Titian). This tranquil, beautiful scene is a demonstration of the light hearted feel of the Venetian Renaissance. Nearly three hundred years later, the piece Olympia was created, by the artist Edouard Manet. This particular piece of work is a depiction of an outlook of a society facing political unrest with a harsh take on realism. At first glance, with themes
Venus Marina, Pompeii The Venus Marina, Pompeii (62-79 AD) conveys the story/myth of the birth of Venus (Aphrodite in Greek) in many ways. The use of symbols retells the myth of how Venus/Aphrodite had been created/born. In the Venus Marina, Pompeii, she is displayed laying nude across a scallop shell that appears to be floating in the sea, this is a strong display of the myth and the story of her birth. Showing perhaps the sea in which she had arisen from foam in, and the scallop shell in which
Venus, a subject often depicted in art through the ages is a goddess in roman mythology symbolizing love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity and desire. The Romans adapted the myths of her Grecian counterpart Aphrodite for roman art and literature. In both roman and Hellenistic art she is depicted in many variations and in classical art nude women are seen as a depiction of Venus. When the renaissance started they took inspiration from Roman and Grecian art, taking the images of gods and goddess