Painting - 26/09/2019
As part of my painting project, I wanted to reference Aphrodite in my paintings to symbolize women's beauty and sexuality.
Though I knew it would be hard for others to see and know that it is a reference to Aphrodite, so I knew I had to choose a painting that was relevant and easy to recognized by people who weren't aware to what it was. I needed to find an Iconic painting that would help everyone be able to understand the reference to Aphrodite.
The most common Aphrodite painting that everyone knows is the birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli 1480s
There is also Birth of Venu which is by Alexandre Cabanel 1863
And another Birth of Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau done in 1979
This is one of my personal favorites and I did an experimental painting based on this version of the birth of venus. Though instead of there being people and cherub I replaced them with Cats and Dogs to make it more relevant to myself as a self-portrait but also more modern and expressionistic.
There are also more paintings of Aphrodite but such as these ones but are more unknown to people who haven't study them before or have no background knowledge in Art History.
A lot of these paintings are based off a Greek or Roman Statue of Aphrodite or Venus, or a knowable man's wife and claimed it to be Aphrodite or Venus so they could get away with hanging it on a wall fo where everyone could see it.
As in Sandro Botticelli 1480s Birth of Venus has been based on a statue of Venus herself, rather than someone's wife, or is inspired by the statue.
From these findings, I will be looking at all of these painting poses and will be adapting them into a contemporary and abstract matter that will reflect the key ideas of women sexuality and identity. It will also reflect the artist models I have chosen Yossi Kotler and Helena Wierzbicki.
Though I knew it would be hard for others to see and know that it is a reference to Aphrodite, so I knew I had to choose a painting that was relevant and easy to recognized by people who weren't aware to what it was. I needed to find an Iconic painting that would help everyone be able to understand the reference to Aphrodite.
The most common Aphrodite painting that everyone knows is the birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli 1480s
There is also Birth of Venu which is by Alexandre Cabanel 1863
And another Birth of Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau done in 1979
This is one of my personal favorites and I did an experimental painting based on this version of the birth of venus. Though instead of there being people and cherub I replaced them with Cats and Dogs to make it more relevant to myself as a self-portrait but also more modern and expressionistic.
There are also more paintings of Aphrodite but such as these ones but are more unknown to people who haven't study them before or have no background knowledge in Art History.
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| Venus of Urbino by Titian |
| Venus and Adonis by Titian 1560s |
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| Henri Pierre Picou birth of venus |
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| Venus and Mars, 1483 by Sandro Botticelli |
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| Venus with a Mirror | Painting by Titian, 1555 |
A lot of these paintings are based off a Greek or Roman Statue of Aphrodite or Venus, or a knowable man's wife and claimed it to be Aphrodite or Venus so they could get away with hanging it on a wall fo where everyone could see it.
As in Sandro Botticelli 1480s Birth of Venus has been based on a statue of Venus herself, rather than someone's wife, or is inspired by the statue.
From these findings, I will be looking at all of these painting poses and will be adapting them into a contemporary and abstract matter that will reflect the key ideas of women sexuality and identity. It will also reflect the artist models I have chosen Yossi Kotler and Helena Wierzbicki.
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