Comparison Of Venus And The Birth Of Urbino
Sandro Botticelli’s, The 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 of an allegory for marriage.
The Birth of Venus, painted by Sandro Botticelli, was created from 1484 to 1486. Up until this point, only paintings from Biblical scenes such as Adam and Eve in the classical era portrayed …show more content…
Both paintings were painted in the Renaissance, although the Birth of Venus was painted in the Early Renaissance and Venus of Urbino was created in the High Renaissance. Venus is said to be the goddess of love, sex, beauty and fertility. She was also the first non-Biblical female nude painted. One painting shows the story of how Venus was created and the other uses symbolism to create an allegory of marriage. Both paintings use chiaroscuro, which was used in oil painting during the High Renaissance, to contrast between light and dark to shape figures. In The Venus of Urbino, Venus is staring right at the viewer, while in The Birth of Venus, Venus is looking off to the side. The direct eye contact is used to symbolize confidence and sensuality while as in the other painting Venus is almost ashamed to be naked so she is trying to cover herself in modesty. In The Birth of Venus, there are bright and vivid colors, common in the High Renaissance. In The Venus of Urbino, dull tones are used to highlight the body of Venus. Both paintings utilize light and dark contrast as shown that Venus’ body is illuminated and very light due to her fair complexion and the surroundings are darker in color. In The Venus of Urbino, there is little movement because she is laying down, which is the complete opposite of The Birth of Venus where movement is very evident because she is standing on a seashell. The mood in the Birth of
The Birth of Venus, painted by Sandro Botticelli, was created from 1484 to 1486. Up until this point, only paintings from Biblical scenes such as Adam and Eve in the classical era portrayed …show more content…
Both paintings were painted in the Renaissance, although the Birth of Venus was painted in the Early Renaissance and Venus of Urbino was created in the High Renaissance. Venus is said to be the goddess of love, sex, beauty and fertility. She was also the first non-Biblical female nude painted. One painting shows the story of how Venus was created and the other uses symbolism to create an allegory of marriage. Both paintings use chiaroscuro, which was used in oil painting during the High Renaissance, to contrast between light and dark to shape figures. In The Venus of Urbino, Venus is staring right at the viewer, while in The Birth of Venus, Venus is looking off to the side. The direct eye contact is used to symbolize confidence and sensuality while as in the other painting Venus is almost ashamed to be naked so she is trying to cover herself in modesty. In The Birth of Venus, there are bright and vivid colors, common in the High Renaissance. In The Venus of Urbino, dull tones are used to highlight the body of Venus. Both paintings utilize light and dark contrast as shown that Venus’ body is illuminated and very light due to her fair complexion and the surroundings are darker in color. In The Venus of Urbino, there is little movement because she is laying down, which is the complete opposite of The Birth of Venus where movement is very evident because she is standing on a seashell. The mood in the Birth of