Sacred and Profane Love

DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF A WORK OF ART

The work of art depicts two women sitting on sarcophagus. And between them is a small winged boy.
It was painted by Titian.
The painting was created in 1514.
The style of the painting is Italian Renaissance.
The genre of the painting is historical and religious.
Clearness of the picture is very unusual.

What colors predominate in the picture? In the foreground of picture, the color of natural human body predominate overall and, in the background, uses green, beige and blue colors.
What kind of lines are used in the work of art? Smooth and rounded lines are used in the work of art
What is typical for the forms of the portrait? Soft and sophisticated forms are typical of the picture.

The main colors used by the author are flesh, red, green, blue.
The lines used in the picture are mostly smooth.
The forms are soft.
The composition of the painting is rectangular in general. The landscape on the left, behind the clothed woman, goes uphill to a what seems to be a walled castle. The landscape behind the unclothed figure shows a downhill, with a village dominated by a church tower.

Who is portrayed here? It presents a picture of two young ladies situated at either end of a well.
What kind of a person is the character? There are two women who are originally Botticelli's two Venuses. They are from The Birth of Venus and Botticelli's La Primavera. Between the two women is a small winged boy, who may be Cupid, son and companion of Venus, or merely a putto.
How is the character related to the background? The characters take more art space than the background. It mean the author wanted to pay more attention to two figures. If the painting represented figures along the lines of Sacred and Profane Love, then the clothed figure was "profane love", and the nude one "sacred love"