Assignment:
Watch the video about Botticelli's Birth of Venus and the video about Titian's Venus of Urbino. No late or email submissions will be accepted. Answer the following:
1. How are these two interpretations of Venus different?
2. How does Titian initiate a precedent for the reclining nude female that would be imitated for centuries after?
3. How does Botticelli approach the Venus subject from a different perspective?
4. Compare and contrast these two works critically, artistically, and formally, that is compare and contrast technique as well as subject and the intent of the two artists.
Assignment details:
• Paper should be 12 point type, double-spaced
• no late or email submissions will be accepted
• 1 page (more than 1 okay only if necessary)
• Les than 1 page is not okay
• Cite any sources you use (especially internet sources) or points will be deducted
• Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, c. 1485, tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm (Uffizi Gallery, Florence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6PBfbkMzFU
• Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538, oil on canvas, 119.20 x 165.50 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.