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ARH 253 (Exam 2)

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Module 11 · Media Madonna of the Rocks
Module 12 · Media Last Supper
Module 13 · Media Mona Lisa
Module 14 · Media Madonna in the Meadow
Module 15 · Media Pieta
Module 16 · Media David (Michelangelo)
Module 17 · Media Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Module 18 · Media Pastoral Symphony
Module 19 · Media Venus of Urbino You are here
Module 20 · Media Fall of Man (Adam and Eve)
Module 21 · Media The Ambassadors
Module 22 · Media The Garden Of Earthly Delights
Module 23 · Media David (Bernini)
Module 24 · Media The Calling of St. Matthew
Module 25 · Media Judith Slaying Holofernes

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Module 19 of 25 · Media

Venus of Urbino

Emily Kim

Venus of Urbino

Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538, Late Italian Renaissance.

1) Commissioned by the Duke of Urbino as a wedding gift for his new bride

2) Was an instructional tool of eroticism, fidelity, and motherhood to the Duke's 14 year old bride, meant to hang in their wedding chamber

3) The dog in the background symbolizes fidelity and lust