ARTH 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sacrificial Lamb, Isenheim Altarpiece, Jacopo De' Barbari
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Jacopo de barbari, view of venice, 1500, venice, italy: aerial view of the city, woodcut print ----- amazing amount of extreme, accurate detail. Titian, venus of urbino, 1538, venice, italy: painted on canvas. Too moist of a climate for frescoes. Used as a material for seaport trade and business. Imposto: paint is left raised and textural; evidence of paint and brushstrokes. This obsession comes from the reflections off the water surrounding. Venice: titian often applied as many as 30 or 40 layers to each piece, current title is not the original one given by titian. Interpretation #1: connection of venus to marriage: the painting was owned by the duke of urbino (unknown whether he commissioned it or just bought it), possibly commissioned for his marriage. Interpretation #2: the nude woman: not venus at all, but a courtesan (basically a fancy, high class sex worker, courtesa(cid:374)s . Owned their own housed and property, unlike other women.
