AAH 344 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Court Painter, Choker, Undergarment
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Review: the church created the idea that women carry with them a grave sin that is part of their genetic heritage (eve) Fig leaves symbolize shame. before they knew sin,they didn"t care about their nakedness, but now that they"ve signed they"re embarrassed. A sultry woman being influenced by someone who almost looks like her pimp. An artist wanting to paint a nude will always do it in the context of acceptability. Mythological subject, associate it with innocence and purity, slave market. Venetian art at this time really focused on landscape painting. Woman breastfeeding her child in a field (fertility) **nothing is ever by mistake in a painting, the artist does everything intentionally. Her white cloth covers her shoulders (sign of modesty) The most powerful painter and propagandist of this time. Painting from the reading of men fighting and women cowering. The brothers are taking oaths to be warriors.
