MOSINYIEMANG OTHUSITSE OTHMOS001 THE IDEALISED BODY This research seeks to compare and contrast the following paintings by; Titian’s‚ Venus of Urbino. 1538‚ Edouard Manet’s‚ Olympia. 1863 and Lucian Freud’s Naked Portrait (Kate Moss). 2002 by looking at “The Idealised Body” in relation to the issues of “gaze‚ looked-at-ness‚ voyeurism‚ objectification as well as notion of the woman as an object of pleasure for a male viewer by the male artist. These works are all painted on different times‚ Titians
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unfamiliar with confrontation with female flesh‚ certain nudes were greeted with shock and disgust. In fact‚ some nude images may have even been created with pornographic intent. This essay will address the title ’s statement using Titian ’s 1538 Venus of Urbino‚ a painting which at various points throughout history has been dismissed as crass and pornographic‚ or celebrated as a seminal example of the Renaissance nude‚ incorporating a close reading of the piece as painting and cultural text. As Professor
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Birth of Venus‚ and Titian’s‚ Venus of Urbino are two paintings featuring the female nude‚ Venus as the main figure of the paintings. She is a classical representation of beauty and sensuality. Although these paintings have similar attributes such as the use of linear perspective‚ chiaroscuro‚ and their similar period style they have different hidden meanings. The Birth of Venus shows the story of how Venus came to be and portrays different gods and goddesses while in The Venus of Urbino‚ it is more
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well-known paintings in the year 1538. This work‚ Venus of Urbino (Figure 1)‚ is an oil painting that depicts a nude young woman reclining on a couch or bed in the luxurious surroundings of a Renaissance palace. Created for the Duke of Urbino‚ Guidobaldo II Della Rovere‚ this work commemorated his wedding to Giuliana Varano that took place in 1534. Titian’s work‚ based on his master‚ Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus — completed in 1510 (Figure 2) — places Venus in an indoor setting‚ which engages her with the
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33. He was known to be the first Italian to paint landscapes with figures as moveable pictures in their own frames‚ and the first to use glowing and melting intensity in his works. One of Giorgione’s works includes the artwork Sleeping Venus or The Dresden Venus created in 1510. It is oil on canvas and measures 108 by 175cm. The reclining figure is used across the whole width of the painting making a long‚ continuous slope of body where the goddess’ curves echo the curves of hillside‚ easing the
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concerns through their work‚ this becomes evident through all the ways that the reclining nude is depicted. Titian was the first artist who established the reclining nude by painting his version of an idealized female form as we are able to see in “Venus of urbino” (1538). Edouard Manet was known for challenging his society through his version of the reclining nude recreating it in his work “Olympia” (1863) in order to show the culture of his time. Yasumasa Morimura also appropriated work‚ recreating manet’s
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represent and document cultural histories. These practices are affected by the culture at the world of the time. The oxford dictionary defines culture as “The ideas‚ customs‚ and social behaviour of a particular people or society”. Artworks like ‘Venus of Urbino’‚ ‘Olympia’ and ‘Portrait (Futago)’ are direct products of time and place. The artists who created these works‚ Titian‚ Manet and Yasumasa Morimura were heavily influenced by their society and context. Thus‚ cultural histories are represented
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Dylan Negri Ren. through 1855 Compare & Contrast 6/21/11 Titian made his Venus of Urbino in Italy 1538 during the Venetian Renaissance. Titian has domesticated Venus by moving her to an indoor setting‚ engaging her with the viewer‚ and making her sensuality explicit. Titian’s composition is and use of color is a common indicator of his Venetian Renaissance style. The frankness of Venus’s expression is often noted; she stares straight at the viewer‚ unconcerned with her nudity‚ making it
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“Sleeping Venus” and Titian’s “Venus of Urbino‚ along with more post-modern conceptual artworks such as Manet’s “Olympia” and Morimura’s “Portrait (Fatugo)”. Giorgione’s “Sleeping Venus” is claimed to be the embodiment of love. She is displayed to the viewer as Venus‚ the goddess of love and was a well-known image reflected throughout the 1500’s Renaissance. This allegory of love was unfinished by it’s creator at the time of his death but was later completed by Titian‚ artist of “Venus of Urbino”. The
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exhibit on Thursday October 3‚ 2013 and Tuesday October 8‚ 2013. The atmosphere of the museum was tranquil‚ and allowed for a freethinking and free-flowing environment to create ideas for the argumentative essay. The title of the artwork I chose is Venus‚ which is a self-portrait taken in 1994. I was immediately attracted to the piece of artwork because of the position of her body and her nakedness jump out of the portrait. It is not often that curvaceous black women are photographed‚ let alone naked
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