Art Analysis: Venus, Venus By Claudio Bravo

Venus, Claudio Bravo. Venus is an oil on canvas painting done by Claudio Bravo in 1979. Through the use of oil on a canvas medium allows the artist to blend alike colors creating a variety of tints and shades. Bravo blends his colors to add value to the painting, through these refined changes it creates an illusion making the painting feel almost three dimensional. This painting was likely done in one sitting. Bravo’s usage of shapes defines a woman’s bodies in loving, feminine, and tender emotion. The organic shape given to Venus makes her look realistic beyond meeting societal standards of what a woman’s body should look like. In contrast even the bed and perfectly dented pillows are geometrically rectangular to further represent the