The Birth Of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel

The Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel

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The Birth of Venus ' by Alexandre Cabanel was painted in 1863 and is currently on display in the Musee d 'Orsay in Paris , France (Rosenbloom 1989 . Nude paintings and similar erotic subjects were popular during this time and as a result , Napoleon III immediately purchased this painting for his own private collection (Rosenbloom , 1989 . This painting can be considered historical and erotic as well as much different than the Impressionist style that had dominated the art

world during this time in history (Rosenbloom , 1989 . The painting measures fifty-one inches by eighty-nine inches so the painting is quite a bit longer than it is tall (Rosenbloom , 1989 . The painting of the nude woman and the five cherubs take up the majority of the painting so that there are very few empty spaces . The painting was done on canvas using oil paints (Rosenbloom , 1989 . The primary colors used in the painting are blue and apricot (skin color ) and were applied in thin strokes using a fine brush . Additionally , the colors become opaque as they form a very strong image of a nude woman with five cherubs hovering over her body (Rosenbloom , 1989 . There were no other materials used in creating this work (Rosenbloom , 1989

The painting is simple in that it includes simple images of a nude woman and five cherubs . It also includes a simple representation of the waves in the ocean (Cabanel , 1863 . The painting is...