Friday, January 31, 2014

Zoe Adames


As a class we observed two paintings Olympia by Manet. One was called “Olympia” by Edouard Manet and “Venus of Urbino” by Titian. I will be focusing more on “Venus of Urbino”. This painting is of a nude female. She is laying on what looks to be a wine reddish couch.  The color red often makes us think of loyalty and power. I feel like on the outside world this female would be someone people look up to. She has some grapes in her hand. She has very long and wavy blonde hair with a headband around it. This woman seems to be very relaxed and comfortable laying how she is. She looks as if she has nothing to worry about and is just laying there. The place she is in looks very well kept and fancy which could explain why she is to careless. Since the picture looks fairly would and she has such fancy panels on her walls I would suggest she has some kind of wealth to her. She seems to be an adult but has a really young looking face. She looks like she has taken care of herself to keep a young look.
When I first looked at this image I was quickly drawn to the powerful scene in the back. There are two ladies. One is one her knees  looking into something and the other one is standing over her looking down to her. The lady that is standing looks like she is much older than the one looking down. She looks to be rolling up her sleeves. As soon as I saw that I thought the lady standing is getting ready to give the one leaning over some type of punishment. The lady standing up is wearing a long sleeve white shirt with a red long dress over it. She also has some type of furry rag over her shoulder. As a hairstyle she has a big bun on top of her head. The younger looking one that is on her knees looks to be of darker skin tone. She is wearing a white dress with black shoes.
In the background there is an open window. The view seems to be very calm and peaceful. It looks like she lives in a well respected area. It looks like it has been a  cloudy day or maybe the sun is setting. You can also see some trees in the background and a house plant sitting by the window.

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