Venus Anadyomene

Venus Anadyomene


Artist: Titian (1477?-1576)
Date: 1525
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: H 75.8 x W 57.6 cm

Venus Anadyomene offered a natural subject for a fountain: the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC has a lifesize bronze plumbed so that water drips from Venus’ hair, modelled by a close follower of Giambologna, late sixteenth century.


Artist

Titian (1477?-1576)
Alternative names: Tiziano Vecelli; Tiziano Vecellio

Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio, commonly known as Titian, was a 16th century Renaissance painter in Venice, Italy.


References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anadyomene.jpg
http://akorra.com/2010/03/06/top-20-beautiful-female-nude-artwork/


This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.


Titian Venuses | Female nude in paintings | Venus Anadyomenes | 1525 paintings | National Gallery of Scotland | Hair care in art | Female red hair in art | Female long hair in art | Paintings of standing women | Oil paintings of women | People with water | Women facing left | Renaissance paintings in the United Kingdom

No comments:

Post a Comment