Talk about the 16th-century Italian painter Lorenzo Créti's painting of Venus for women,
This is also a naked human body painting, if people who know a little about the art of Western oil painting see the name "Venus",
It can be roughly conceived that this is the subject of the female human body, why is it so?
Because since the artists, philosophers, and thinkers of the early European Renaissance affirmed the significance and value of ancient Greek human sculpture,
And because venus body sculpture appeared in the ancient Greek period, since then Venus human portrait has appeared in oil painting works of art, and began to flood.
What exactly does Venus look like? In ancient Greek mythology, she did not have a fixed appearance, only that her height was about 175 centimeters,
Therefore, the appearance of Venus in each painter's pen is different, plump and slim.
In Cretty's oil painting, the image of Venus is relatively plump, but the composition of this painting is relatively simple.
The painter decorated the background part of the entire painting with a green tone that seemed dim.
As a result, some people with poor eyesight often think that the background of this painting is black, in fact, when I saw this painting for the first time, I also thought that its background was black tone.
But if you look closely, you do find that there are some black elements in it, which shows that the painter has made some efforts in color grading.
The painter deliberately made the background of the painting use a green tone, but his mood was also contradictory,
After all, during the Renaissance, especially in the early days, no painter would have ventured to use the background of his works in cool tones such as green.
However, the background of the picture is pure black that exists, after all, black is a versatile color,
It is a very flexible color, any color complex color can be coordinated with black;
We look closely at the background part of the painter's painting, in fact, at the very edge of the place can still see the black color,
The line strokes of the entire background part are not too delicate, of course, they are not very rough,
Because this green background combines the brown color at the bottom of the picture, it is where the main woman is stepping on,
As a result, this green background space is very realistic, and at the same time, it also gives people a strong sense of curiosity.
We were curious about what was inside this space, what was the place; in addition to curiosity,
When we look at this painting, we will visually have a sense of shock, and often worry that the main woman will accidentally fall down and fall into this green and black space;
Through such visual feelings, we can reverie about this woman's bravery, and we can also reverie that she is always facing dangers that she does not know, who made her stand there? Is it the painter or someone else?
Because the position occupied by women is very dangerous and insecure, we have to imagine the dark complexity behind human nature.
This is something that every painter artist or anyone who studies art thinks of this.
What's more, the art of oil painting is originally related to philosophy; not to mention that this painting was created in the European Renaissance.
What the European Renaissance advocates is the important value significance of the "humanistic ideological spirit", and humanity must be related to human nature.
The painter portrayed the mythical goddess Venus as an adult, and then placed her in such a dangerous space at such a moment.
The implication is that people will suffer dangers under religious theocracy, such as vulgarity and ignorance, and there is no freedom;
From a theological point of view, as Venus, the god of love, she is also in danger, or she is betrayed by her kind and deceived into such a dangerous place.
This further verifies that the "theological ideas" advocated by religious popes are fooling people, very sinister and cunning, and vicious.
So we admire the painter for creating such a rich and complex scene and meaning with such a simple background,
The brown stone steps at the feet of the woman, and the green space behind her, such a simple composition design, it is estimated that many people will not think,
After all, the vast majority of people will try their best to compose and design a painting, but forget that art is very simple.
It is simply derived from life, reflecting life, the most direct and simple character scene makes people see at a glance,
But it makes people willing to think deeply about the meaning behind it. We'll focus on the main character now:
The woman in the painting has long curly blonde hair, a "five-five" hairstyle, which makes her look much more mature.
The whole face looks more rounded, the makeup on the face is not very colorful, and it can even be said that she has no makeup at all.
For example, the color of her eyebrows and lips is very light, but her entire facial features still look very delicate, among them, those eyes are full of very rich emotions.
She stands slightly inclined, like a female model walking on the stage, just looking at this pose is very charming, if we look at her entire body proportions and her facial gestures, it can really be said that she exudes a strong seductive feminine atmosphere. The woman is draped in a transparent silk scarf, which runs from her right shoulder to her back, and then to her crotch, bypassing the private parts,
This transparent silk scarf is very close to the woman's skin color, it should belong to the flesh color bar, because of this transparent flesh color silk tip,
Making this plump woman look even more plump and charming, resulting in the whole picture emitting an erotic atmosphere, which was considered a pornographic painting at the time,
And there is no excessive artistic style. The woman's left hand presses the silk scarf on the chest, and the right hand gently grasps the silk scarf in front of the thigh, just because of this gesture,
As a result, the woman is perceived to be posing in an ambiguous and provocative posture, even if the look in her eyes makes people look pitying,
This plump woman stands in this ambiguous and provocative posture, her eyes looking ahead (on the right side of the picture),
We don't know what she's thinking, what she's waiting for, what she's longing for?
We can only imagine that perhaps she was abandoned by her lover, abandoned by her lover; perhaps this also shows that
A desire of painters for the early success of the Renaissance movement, an urgent desire,
Can there be any different symbolic meanings besides that? I believe there is absolutely none,
Because the painter definitely did not want to depict this painting as an erotic painting; but people with more careful attention and observation will indeed think that this painting has an erotic atmosphere.
In fact, the painter himself thought of this. So why should the painter compose the figure in this way? We are not roundworms in the painter's belly, so we can only guess, but not sure;
I personally think that it is because some parts of the woman in the painting are not very plump, and her expression is also more melancholy or complex.
If she is standing naked in this position, then the whole image does not have much beauty to speak of.
In order to create the beauty that a woman should have, the painter decorated the woman's body with the help of this transparent flesh-colored silk scarf.
To achieve the effect of "looming", the beauty will be born spontaneously, feminine and moving, and the strong feminine charm will be emitted.
Perhaps we can also think that this silk scarf is like an invisible shackle that binds people's thoughts and spirits.
The woman's right hand gently grasped the silk scarf, in fact, she wanted to loosen the silk scarf, but her heart was very contradictory, once it was released, she was completely naked.
Then it is indecent, not only loses its nobility, but also appears vulgar. The painter believes that there is a silk scarf, which can not only enhance the beauty of women, but also avoid the erotic atmosphere of the whole picture, but overall, the style of this painting is still intriguing.
Clayti's Venus