<p align="center"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Titan</span></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Venus of Urbino</span></strong></p>
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In Titan’s painting of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Venus of Urbino</span> reveals a women posing nude. Created in March of (1536-38), it was said to be the "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">First Female reclining nude</span>,” “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">painting ever created in Europe</span>.” It was not intended to be picture for sexual desires but more along the lines of a woman sleeping that was unaware of the presence of a visitor peeking in on her. However, in the background kneels a small child and wealthy looking women next to her turned in the opposite direction looking away from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Venus</span> near the window seal as if none of what is happening behind them is taking place. Titan's painting shows the natural beauty of the woman form relaxed on a chase with a “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">hand full of roses that may have been a symbolism of love and the other gently placed over her pubic region.”</span> However, by many it was extolled for the artist's and philosophers of its era. Titan's painting was “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">never held or viewed as a negative form of art</span>.” <em></em>

<!--more-->A few major events the shaped life in this era was that when the painting was created it “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">influenced a lot of the ancient Greek sculptures that are seen all over Europe mainly in Venice.</span>” In Ancient Greek times the painting was seen as a natural form of the female body being partially undressed and in most cases nude.

This painting is typical for its era it started what is now seen today of the ancient Greek statues. “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Venus was a mythical creature</span>” in each painting the “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">women were never real but were just a figment of the artist’s imagination</span>” and many artist in this time painted many nude women. No one painting was the same the content was always different many of the paintings would show a women reclining nude or in another standing. The imagination of Titan was very vivid in how he portrayed his work.

The work was different in its time a lot of paintings made were those of gods. With Titans painting it was unusual to most forms of art, his images of nude women may have been sought out to be “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">something more of a personal or something that had great meaning to him.</span>” Being one of the first mythological nude paintings it was different to the art that occurred in its time. "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">As with no other painter, painting practice and technique in Titian's late work have themselves been thermalized and charged with meaning</span>."

The art was inspirational to many and spread throughout the world. It was said that many artist were drawn to this portrait such as, "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mark Twain, who thought it too lascivious, and Manet, who thought it insufficiently so, painting an even more shocking version</span>". Venus's form as she lies upon the couch is viewed by many walks of life and “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">The one true viewer gazing upon her is the sole recipient of her beauty; her lust.</span>”

I personally like Titan’s work in this painting it to me expresses a different form of art. Being able to picture exactly what was to be sought out of the portrait makes it very interesting to the sense that one can almost think, “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">What is the meaning he was trying to achieve.”</span> I caught myself wondering exactly what any other person what wonder, why this type of painting? What made him paint something so visual? Was he trying to prove to the world after painting this mythical creature? Maybe it was for beauty or something that would be enticing to him. However, only Titan would be able to answer such question. He was a master of his work; he was one of the main inspirations for Greek art and sculptures throughout Greece. He also influenced many other artists that formed other paintings throughout Venice, Italy and many of them created other forms of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Venus of Urbino</span> painting for example <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Diego Velazquez’s “Venus in a Mirror”</span>. His painting is very vibrant and colorful; to most it may mean nothing but a nude woman on an oil painting however, it is a very meaningful piece of art. To its viewers it can be seen as Venus is looking into the distance at her lover or even a stranger peaking in or maybe even Titan himself but no one really knows.

The <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Venus of Urbino</span> painting can most likely be compared to another painting that was created by Titan many years later. Titan painted the “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">the art dealer Jacopo Strada, c. 1566</span>”which portrays a man hold a de-clothed women in hand as if she was a trophy he had won with a pile of money lying at his knees. Mostly all of Titan’s paintings are of nude women from the paintings of “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nymph and the Shepherd</span>,” to the "<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Late Titian and the Sensuality Painting of</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Allegory of Prudence</span>” which was a painting created for more suitable audiences. Titan was once asked, “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">why his later works differed so greatly from earlier ones, Titian answered that </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">he gave up trying to match</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Michelangelo, Raphael</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">and others in refinement; beauty, aiming to make his mark with a new roughness of handling</span>."

The young Venus of Urbino oil painting was ahead of its time in many ways being as it was in the time of the higher point of the renaissance. Titan’s painting was one of the most magnificent creations he’s ever created in his time alongside of many other portraits he has created in his life time.

I believe that this type painting would be very vital in the time capsule; it is a piece of history that has been carried on for hundreds of years. In many years to come millions could gaze on this piece of art and learn more about the past; how things would have been maybe even how this form of paint was a natural thing. I believe in keeping things that have significant meaning to the world will make a big impact on those now and in the future. Just like the Pyramids, Stone Hedge, and all other forms of art made by many different civilizations around the world are viewed now and remember since they were first found. The Venus of Urbino painting would be one of the forms of art that should be kept around for those whom maybe interested in art work from the past time. This painting should be added to the time capsule so that it can be influence on the next generation to come.

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