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The history of women as erotic subjects in art is endless.
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Chapter One The history of women as erotic subjects in art is endless; therefore in this chapter I am going to look at why in some cases, the female nude was so shocking. As this is a wide subject I am going to look at two main pieces; Titian 'Venus of urbino' 1538 and Edouard Manet's 'Olympia' 1865. Titian is stated to be the greatest and most versatile artist of the Venetian Renaissance. Titian excelled in portraiture, religious picture and mythological scenes. Titian's nudes were from mythological scenes, mostly basing his females on goddess's favourably Venus, and these are embodiments of Neoplatonic ideas. Neoplatonism came from the philosopher Plato who believed that the visible world was a reflection of a mythological heavenly world. This was a popular belief in Titian's time, which is why art was based on mythological scenes set in modern settings. Titian's most famous Venus was his...
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