"sources and interpretations. Many art historians who specialize in the Italian Renaissance have found Neoplatonic interpretations, of which two different versions have been articulated by Edgar Wind and Ernst Gombrich, to be the key to understanding the painting. Botticelli represented the Neoplatonic idea of divine love in the form of a nude Venus. For Plato – and so for the members of the Florentine Platonic Academy – Venus had two aspects: she was an earthly goddess who aroused humans to physical love or she was a heavenly goddess who inspired intellectual love in them. Plato further argued that contemplation of"
"The Birth of Venus (Cabanel) The Birth of Venus (French: ""Naissance de Venus"") is a painting by the French artist Alexandre Cabanel. It was painted in 1863, and is now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. A second and smaller version (85 x 135.9 cm) from ca. 1864 is in Dahesh Museum of Art. A third (106 x 182.6 cm) version dates from 1875; it is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Shown to great success at the Paris Salon of 1863, ""The Birth of Venus"" was immediately purchased by Napoleon III for his own personal"
"liberal teaching"". Alexandre Cabanel. ""Birth of Venus"". http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=%2FThWdC8hIywtPygxFTx5TnQkVn0reA%3D%3D. Alexandre Cabanel, French, 1823-1889. ""The Birth of Venus"". http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=%2FDFMaiMuOztdLS04ejp4QXsvXQ%3D%3D. Cabanal, Alexandre, French, 1824-1889. ""The Birth of Venus"". http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8DlKaFsnKjQ6. The Birth of Venus (Cabanel) The Birth of Venus (French: ""Naissance de Venus"") is a painting by the French artist Alexandre Cabanel. It was painted in 1863, and is now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. A second and smaller version (85 x 135.9 cm) from ca. 1864 is in Dahesh Museum of Art. A third (106 x 182.6 cm) version dates from 1875; it is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New"
"The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau) The Birth of Venus () is one of the most famous paintings by 19th-century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but her transportation in a shell as a fully mature woman from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus. She is considered the epitome of the Classical Greek and Roman ideal of the female form and beauty, on par with ""Venus de Milo"". For Bouguereau, it is considered a ""tour de force"". The canvas stands at just over high, and wide. The subject matter, as well as the"
"Venus' contrapposto is more intense, and her hair is also longer and lighter than the nymph's, but she arranges it almost identically. To the upper-left of the painting, there is a shadow in the clouds. It appears to be the silhouette of the artist, with a head, shoulder, arm, and a raised fist that would seem to hold a paintbrush. The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau) The Birth of Venus () is one of the most famous paintings by 19th-century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but her transportation in a shell as"
"The Birth of Venus (novel) The Birth of Venus: A Novel is a 2003 novel by Sarah Dunant, a bestselling British author. The story is set in the late 15th century in Florence, Italy. It was first published in London by Little, Brown in 2003 with the title The Birth of Venus: love and death in Florence. A young Florentine girl, Alessandra Cecchi, is drawn to a young painter commissioned to paint the family's chapel walls. The painter is brought to her home by her father, a rich textile merchant whose business would be negatively affected by the rise of"
"to Frédéric Reiset, curator of drawings at the Louvre Museum. It was exhibited at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where it was seen by the poet Charles Baudelaire – he argued that the head was inspired by classical sculpture, the hands by Raphael, and the narrow torso by medieval sculpture. In 1879 this painting and the rest of the Reiset collection were bought by Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale. It was closely followed by later treatments of the subject, such as Théodore Chassériau's ""Vénus marine"" and Bouguereau's 1879 ""The Birth of Venus"". of the painting from c.1825-1850 is in"
"Pardo Venus The Pardo Venus is a painting by the Venetian artist Titian, completed in 1551 and now in the Louvre Museum. It is also known as Jupiter and Antiope, since it seems to show the story of Jupiter and Antiope from Book VI of the ""Metamorphoses"" (lines 110-111). It is Titian's largest mythological painting, and was the first major mythological painting produced by the artist for Philip II of Spain. It was long kept in the Royal Palace of El Pardo near Madrid (not to be confused with the Prado, a purpose-built museum), hence its usual name; whether Venus"
"The Feast of Venus (Rubens) The Feast of Venus is a painting by Flemish painter Rubens, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is a fanciful depiction of the Roman festival Veneralia celebrated in honor of Venus Verticordia. Rubens thought highly of Titian and made a copy of the Venetian master's ""The Worship of Venus"" which remained in Rubens' private collection until his death. Titian's work, in turn, was based on the ""Imagines"" of the sophist Philostratus of Lemnos. The ""Imagines"" consisted of a series of descriptions of ancient paintings presumably decorating a third-century villa near Naples. In the"
"It is believed that also on this occasion, either Lorenzo il Magnifico or Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco himself, commissioned Botticelli's ""Allegory of Spring"" to celebrate the wedding - with Mercury representing Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco and Semiramide represented by the central Grace (or possibly Flora). Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco is believed to have later commissioned Botticelli's ""The Birth of Venus"", one of the most famous paintings of the Renaissance. Lorenzo di Pierfranceso was the proprietor of the Villa del Trebbio, inherited from his grandfather Lorenzo the Elder, and Villa di Castello, acquired in 1477 on the instructions of Lorenzo il Magnifico. In 1483,"
"the Impressionists, especially Édouard Manet, although the refusal of the academic establishment to realize the importance of new ideas and sources of inspiration would eventually prove to be the undoing of the Academy. At the Salon of 1863, ""The Birth of Venus"" was one of a multitude of female nudes. Bathed in opalescent colors, the goddess Venus shyly looks to the viewer from beneath the crook of her elbow. Two years later, Manet presented his now renowned painting ""Olympia"" at the Salon as well. Today both hang in the Musee’d’ Orsay. Unlike Venus’s ethereal-like palette, Manet painted Olympia with pale,"
"Her romance, it seems, is necessary, because she is the only one who can save him. The Birth of Venus (novel) The Birth of Venus: A Novel is a 2003 novel by Sarah Dunant, a bestselling British author. The story is set in the late 15th century in Florence, Italy. It was first published in London by Little, Brown in 2003 with the title The Birth of Venus: love and death in Florence. A young Florentine girl, Alessandra Cecchi, is drawn to a young painter commissioned to paint the family's chapel walls. The painter is brought to her home by"
"The Worship of Venus The Worship of Venus is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Titian completed between 1518–1519, housed at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. It describes a Roman rite of worship conducted in honour of the goddess Venus each 1 April. On this occasion, women would make offerings to representations of the goddess so as to cleanse ""every blemish on their bodies"". In Titian's work, two nymphs, one young and one matronly, are situated to the right of the ceremony, attending to a shrine holding a representation of Venus. The shrine is surrounded"
"left. She is being held aloft by a leering satyr as she lewdly clutches his horns and stares out of the canvas with a knowing look. The Feast of Venus (Rubens) The Feast of Venus is a painting by Flemish painter Rubens, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is a fanciful depiction of the Roman festival Veneralia celebrated in honor of Venus Verticordia. Rubens thought highly of Titian and made a copy of the Venetian master's ""The Worship of Venus"" which remained in Rubens' private collection until his death. Titian's work, in turn, was based on the ""Imagines"""
"model for his later 1856 painting ""La Source"". Paintings of Venus were favorites of the late nineteenth-century Academic artists in France. In 1863, Alexandre Cabanel won widespread critical acclaim at the Paris Salon for his painting ""The Birth of Venus"", which the French emperor Napoleon III immediately purchased for his own personal art collection. Édouard Manet's 1865 painting ""Olympia"" parodied the nude Venuses of the Academic painters, particularly Cabanel's ""Birth of Venus"". In 1867, the English Academic painter Frederic Leighton displayed his ""Venus Disrobing for the Bath"" at the Academy. The art critic J. B. Atkinson praised it, declaring that"
"http://www.museodelprado.es Venus, Adonis and Cupid Venus, Adonis and Cupid is a painting created c. 1595 by Annibale Carracci. The painting is in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Annibale Carracci was one of the most well known Italian Baroque painters of the seventeenth century. The Carracci brothers established an academy of art called Accademia degli Incamminati, which pioneered the development of Bolognese Painting. Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio were among the most influential artists of this century, who through their unique artistic styles led to the transition from Mannerist to Baroque. Annibale was born in Bologna in 1560 and died in Rome"
"Alain Jacquet Alain Jacquet (22 February 1939 – 4 September 2008) was a French artist representative of the Nouvelle figuration or Figuration narrative and linked to the American Pop Art movement. Jacquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Though he studied architecture at École des Beaux-Arts, as a painter he was an autodidact. ""Camouflage Botticelli (Birth of Venus)"" (1963-64) is a famous work of his. In a series of camouflage paintings, he often used motifs from older, very famous paintings, such as in this case from the painting ""The Birth of Venus"" by Sandro Botticelli. Jacquet also borrowed the form of"
"it can no longer be considered a true portrait."" Venus and Amor Venus and Amor (also known as Venus and Cupid) is a c. 1524 painting by the German painter and printmaker Hans Holbein the Younger, conserved in the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland. Although the work is Holbein's earliest mythological painting, depicting the Roman goddess of love, Venus, with her son Amor (Cupid), the model is believed to be his friend Magdalena Offenburg. They are shown in front of a large hanging green curtain and behind a low parapet. Venus is depicted with an open gesture and sincere gaze. Cupid is"
"Venus"" of Velázquez, Goya's teasing ""La maja desnuda"", and ""Olympia"" by Manet, and other works by Ingres and Rubens, to name but a few. Sleeping Venus (Giorgione) The Sleeping Venus, also known as the Dresden Venus, is a painting traditionally attributed to the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione, although it has long been usually thought that Titian completed it after Giorgione's death in 1510. The landscape and sky are generally accepted to be mainly by him. In the 21st century, much scholarly opinion has shifted further, to see the nude figure of Venus as also painted by Titian, leaving Giorgione's contribution"
"with the model Victorine Meurent. Venus of Urbino The Venus of Urbino (also known as Reclining Venus) is an oil painting by the Italian painter Titian, which seems to have been begun in 1532 or 1534, and was perhaps completed in 1534, but not sold until 1538. It depicts a nude young woman, traditionally identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace. It is now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The figure's pose is based on the ""Dresden Venus"", traditionally attributed to Giorgione but which Titian at"
"Nativity of the Virgin (Francesco Albani) The Nativity of the Virgin is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Francesco Albani and housed in the Sala VII di Santa Petronilla in the Capitoline Museum in Rome, Italy. The altarpiece was transferred from a mural to canvas in the 19th century. The Bolognese art historian Carlo Cesare Malvasia attributes a ""Nativity of the Virgin"" to Albani. It was originally painted for the Oratory of Santa Maria del Piombo in Bologna, and is documented there at least until 1598. Albani's contemporary Guido Reni also contributed works for the oratory. In 1797, the"
"Nativity of the Virgin (Perugino) Nativity of the Virgin is a small tempera on panel painting by Perugino, dating to around 1472 and now in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. It shows the nativity of Mary. The style of the house is heavily influenced by Andrea del Verrocchio It belongs to the painter's early period and the important commissions he gained during the short time he was active in Florence. Both it and ""Miracle of the Snow"" are usually identified as one of two surviving parts of the same predella, either from a lost altarpiece of the Virgin Mary"
"Venus, Adonis and Cupid Venus, Adonis and Cupid is a painting created c. 1595 by Annibale Carracci. The painting is in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Annibale Carracci was one of the most well known Italian Baroque painters of the seventeenth century. The Carracci brothers established an academy of art called Accademia degli Incamminati, which pioneered the development of Bolognese Painting. Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio were among the most influential artists of this century, who through their unique artistic styles led to the transition from Mannerist to Baroque. Annibale was born in Bologna in 1560 and died in Rome in"
"Venus Victorious Venus Victorious (French - ""Venus victorieuse""; French - ""Venus victoriosa"") is a c.1914 plaster sculpture of Venus by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, based on his image of the goddess in his painting ""The Judgement of Paris"". It shows her holding the golden apple she has just won by being judged the most beautiful of three goddesses by Paris. It is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City. Renoir had advanced arthritis by the time he produced the work and so was assisted by the Catalan artist Richard Guino, recommended to him by Aristide Maillol. On Renoir's"
"of volume. The image was a part of the commission from Philip IV of Spain to decorate Torre de la Parada. Rubens also painted other Greco-Roman mythological subjects, such as ""Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion"" or ""Perseus Freeing Andromeda"". The Origin of the Milky Way (Rubens) The Origin of the Milky Way, or The Birth of the Milky Way, is a painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, featuring the Greco-Roman myth of the origin of the Milky Way. The painting depicts Hera (Juno), spilling her breast milk, the infant Heracles (Hercules) and Zeus (Jupiter) in the background, identifiable"
"which has been described as ""one of the most written about, and most controversial paintings in the world"", and ""one of the most popular paintings in Western art"". The story of Aphrodite's birth from the foam was a popular subject matter for painters during the Italian Renaissance, who were attempting to consciously reconstruct Apelles of Kos's lost masterpiece ""Aphrodite Anadyomene"" based on the literary ""ekphrasis"" of it preserved by Cicero and Pliny the Elder. Artists also drew inspiration from Ovid's description of the birth of Venus in his ""Metamorphoses"". Sandro Botticelli's ""The Birth of Venus"" ( 1485) was also partially"
"at its most effective, emphasized by the soft continual contours and pastel colors. The ""Primavera"" and the ""Birth"" were both seen by Vasari in the mid-16th century at the Villa di Castello, owned from 1477 by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, and until the publication in 1975 of a Medici inventory of 1499, it was assumed that both works were painted specifically for the villa. Recent scholarship suggests otherwise: the ""Primavera"" was painted for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco's townhouse in Florence, and ""The Birth of Venus"" was commissioned by someone else for a different site. Botticelli painted only a small number"
"The Origin of the Milky Way (Rubens) The Origin of the Milky Way, or The Birth of the Milky Way, is a painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, featuring the Greco-Roman myth of the origin of the Milky Way. The painting depicts Hera (Juno), spilling her breast milk, the infant Heracles (Hercules) and Zeus (Jupiter) in the background, identifiable by his eagle and lightning bolts. Hera's face is modelled on Rubens' wife, Hélène Fourment. The carriage is pulled by Hera's favourite animals, peacocks. Due to the dark background of the night sky the figures gain a greater sense"
"Venus of Urbino The Venus of Urbino (also known as Reclining Venus) is an oil painting by the Italian painter Titian, which seems to have been begun in 1532 or 1534, and was perhaps completed in 1534, but not sold until 1538. It depicts a nude young woman, traditionally identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace. It is now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The figure's pose is based on the ""Dresden Venus"", traditionally attributed to Giorgione but which Titian at least completed. In this depiction,"
"in 1910 it was sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Venus and Mars (Veronese) Venus and Mars is an Italian Renaissance painting by Paolo Veronese. The painting was commissioned by Emperor Rudolph and was one of three mythological and love-themed works commissioned by the artist. The other two are at the Frick Collection in New York: ""The Allegory of Virtue and Performance"" and ""Allegory of the Source of Wisdom and Power"". It deals with the romantic love of the Roman goddess of love Venus and the god of war Mars, as described in the Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"". The act of"
"Sleeping Venus (Giorgione) The Sleeping Venus, also known as the Dresden Venus, is a painting traditionally attributed to the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione, although it has long been usually thought that Titian completed it after Giorgione's death in 1510. The landscape and sky are generally accepted to be mainly by him. In the 21st century, much scholarly opinion has shifted further, to see the nude figure of Venus as also painted by Titian, leaving Giorgione's contribution uncertain. It is in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. The painting, one of the last works by Giorgione (if it is), portrays a nude woman whose"
"Nativity of the Virgin (Altdorfer) The Nativity of the Virgin is a painting by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Altdorfer, dating to c. 1520, which is currently housed in the Alte Pinakothek of Munich, Germany. The work uses a scenic composition typical of the Danube school of the time. The subject, the birth of Mary, is shown in a secondary location of the lower part of the painting. It includes St. Anne's bed, the midwives with the daughter and St. Joachim riding a stair with something in his hand. The predominant part of the work is the church background, where"
"Rokeby Venus The Rokeby Venus (; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid, or La Venus del espejo) is a painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Completed between 1647 and 1651, and probably painted during the artist's visit to Italy, the work depicts the goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed and looking into a mirror held by the Roman god of physical love, her son Cupid. The painting is in the National Gallery, London. Numerous works, from the ancient to the baroque, have"