These two pictures are suggesting eroticism without any actual evidence. The look that they are giving can easily imply a sexual overtone; they are both gazing into the eyes of someone or something. The woman in the photograph is looking off into the distance, or at s

Cole, Bruce (1938). Titian and Venetian Painting (1450-1590). Boulder, cold: icon editions, 1999.

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The Venus is trying to catch the eye of the observer the artist did this to suggest that she was looking at them and that she was saying look at me, almost advertising the painting. The photograph is advertising the headpieces for brides, it implies that the woman is maybe looking at her husband. The two pictures indicate a portrayal of two goddesses in two different time periods. This is displayed by placing the two women in a couch sideways and having crown of hair and the modernized version of gold and diamonds. The modern goddess in the advertisement is wearing a fancy gown and a headpiece, something not an ordinary person would wear making her stand out almost like royality. The Venus is painted in a time where gowns and fancy clothing were common; by making her naked she stands out and revels power and security. By making the pictures appealing to the on looker it brings observers to the pa

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)