Venus Rising
 Statuette of Aphrodite (Venus) |
 Venus Rising from the Sea (Venus Anadyomene) |
 Venus Rising from the Sea ('Venus Anadyomene') |
 Venus and Cupid |
 Drawing of a Statue of Venus with a Dolphin (The Medici Venus) |
 The Tub |
 The Birth of Venus |
![La Représentation [Representation]](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media_collection/7/GMA%203546.jpg) La Représentation [Representation] |
 Bather Wringing her Hair |
 Venus Anadyomene (after Titian) |
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia
Drawing of a Statue of Venus with a Dolphin (The Medici Venus)
1730- Glossary (5 terms)
- Open
Antiquarian
Relating to the study or collection of antiques, particularly from the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome. It is also used for a person engaged in this work.
Commission
When an individual or organisation employs an artist to execute a particular project, the process and the resulting work are termed a ‘commission’.
Engraving
The printmaking technique in which an image is inscribed on a copper plate with a tool that cuts a groove in the surface. This groove holds the ink that creates the print when it is applied to paper. Also refers to the method of making an incision on a material such as glass.
Medici
A wealthy and important family who ruled Florence for much of the 15th to the 18th centuries. During this period they commissioned many great artists and architects including Fra Angelico, Donatello, and Botticelli.
Red chalk
A type of chalk containing the mineral hematite, a form of iron oxide, that is used for drawing.
- Glossary (5 terms)
- Open
Commission
When an individual or organisation employs an artist to execute a particular project, the process and the resulting work are termed a ‘commission’.
Draughtsmanship
The ability to draw skilfully, often refers to technical drawing.
Grand Tour
An educational tour of Europe, especially through France and Italy taken by (particularly British) aristocratic youth from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Such tours were seen as essential for a full understanding of classical civilisation. They were also important opportunities for collecting art and antiquities.
An image pressed or stamped onto paper or fabric. This encompasses a wide variety of techniques, usually produced in multiples, although one-off prints, known as monoprints, are also included. The term is also applied to photographic images.
Red chalk
A type of chalk containing the mineral hematite, a form of iron oxide, that is used for drawing.
Nudity
- Credits Lady Murray of Henderland Gift 1860 as a memorial of her husband, Lord Murray of Henderland
- Medium Red chalk on paper
- Size 53.70 x 37.00 cm
- Do they look like real women to you or not? What is it about them that makes you think this?
- What words can you think of to describe the women depicted in these art works?
- Which Venus do you find the most beautiful - and why?
- How do these art works compare to modern images of beautiful women?
- Who would you say has "goddess status" today, and why?
- Who do you think would have owned these works of art when they were made and where do you think they would have been displayed?
- How does the lack of eye contact with most of these Venuses make you feel when you look at them?
- Why do you think that artists such as Titian were so interested in ancient art and literature?
- Why do you think artists have chosen to portray female nudes so often in the past?
- How do the twentieth-century Venuses compare to the older ones?
