14 nov 2011 anni - 14. The 'Twin Venuses' of Titian or 'Sacred and Profane Love' revisited

Descrizione:

The masterwork of TIZIANO Vecellio (ca 1488-1575), entitled 'Amor sacro e Amor profano' in the Galleria Borghese in Rome is dated 1514. An early attestation of the painting is by a drawing <nella vinia Borghesi, Titianus> of Antoon VAN DYCK (1599-1641) in the sketchbook of his Italian journey 1621-1627.
The famous art historian Erwin Panofsky (1) called it 'Geminae Venere' (Twin Venuses) based on an interpretation of the discourse about the two different kinds of love: Aphrodite Urania (the naked woman, long-lasting and committed love) and Aphrodite Pandemos (the fully dressed woman, the common love) in Plato's Symposium.
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http://kbender.blogspot.be/2011/11/twin-venuses-of-titian-or-sacred-and.html?view=magazine