Many famous classical realistic oil paintings are attracted by magical artistic imagination. For example, Mona Lisa, Adam and Eve, Spring, Soil and Water, Spring and so on.
Today, we will take Sleeping Venus and Venus of Urbino as examples to talk about the artistic imagination in these two classic realistic oil paintings.
First of all, two famous paintings were created in the same historical period.
Sleeping Venus and Venus of Urbino were written at the same time, that is, in the late Italian Renaissance. The authors are giorgione and Titian respectively. They are all important representatives of the Venetian school of painting and their fellow disciples. Sleeping Venus was written by Qiao Erqiao in the last year of his life. The background of this painting was added by Titian later. Twenty years later, 1530, Titian wrote Venus in Urbino.
Second, the two famous paintings contain rich humanistic thoughts.
The Renaissance from 14 to 16, which originated in Italy and then spread all over Europe, is the largest, longest-lasting and far-reaching enlightenment thought in modern European history, and is called a milestone in opening modern European civilization. The slogan put forward by the Renaissance is to revive the glorious tradition of ancient Greek and Roman culture and art, and its main purpose is to spread and advocate the humanistic spirit centered on people and break through the imprisonment and bondage of religious theology to human nature and human thought. Because religious theocracy was still dominant at that time, many artists expressed people's thoughts and feelings and their desire for a better life in real life in the face and name of the gods and the Virgin Mary with the help of ancient Greek and Roman myths and story themes in the Bible.
Venus, the goddess in charge of everything and symbolizing love and beauty in ancient Greek and Roman mythology, has placed many beautiful hopes on people and has always been the creative theme of western artists. Giorgione's Sleeping Venus and Titian's Venus of Urbino both depict imaginative scenes and details through the mythical goddess Venus, and truly express people's emotions and desires in real life.
Thirdly, the goddess in Sleeping Venus is in the natural environment of human life.
Through the painter's rich imagination, Venus, the mythical goddess, did not live in the world of God, but was in the real natural environment, sleeping quietly in a lush lawn under the blue sky and white clouds. The beautiful appearance reveals the holy and elegant temperament, and the natural stretching posture shows the rhythmic body curve beauty of young women. The goddess at this moment, like a young woman in reality, fell asleep quietly. It seems that he slept soundly, as if he were dreaming a beautiful dream. Venus, the sleeping goddess, blends with the natural beauty in the open air, forming an ideal world and a beautiful picture of harmony and freedom.
Fourth, the goddess in Urbino's Venus became a real lady.
For example, Venus in giorgione's Sleeping Venus came to the world from the gods, slept like a human, and dreamed like a dream. It is the painter's imagination that borrows the goddess to express people's good wishes in real life, but the Venus in the painting still retains some traces of the goddess, so the Venus of Urbino, created by Titian 20 years later, directly moved the goddess back home.
Venus in the painting has completely lost the characteristics of a goddess, from an out-of-touch goddess to a living lady with love, desire and dreams in real life. She lives in a luxurious villa. At this time, she seems to have just taken a shower, lying sideways on a lovely soft bed, holding a bunch of red roses in her hand. Her beautiful face is full of enchanting charm, and her eyes are intently looking at the direction of the door, as if waiting and expecting her lover. There is also a maid and two puppies in the room. ...