File:Giorgione - Sleeping Venus - Google Art Project 2.jpg
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Summary
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Sleeping Venus
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| Title |
Italian: Venere dormiente  Sleeping Venus |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
mythological painting |
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| Description |
Although nude figures (such as Botticelli's "Birth of Venus") had been painted before this one, this is probably the first nude to show a figure simply as a depiction of a nude. It is named "Venus" but has no traditional attributes (such as Cupid) to indicate that it represents a goddess. It was a break from tradition, and set a new subject for the artist, resulting in 20th century works such as the nudes of Francis Bacon and Henry Moore. |
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| Date |
between 1508 and 1510 |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 108.5 cm (42.7 in) ; width: 175 cm (68.8 in) |
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| Accession number |
Gal.-Nr. 185 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden) |
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| Source/Photographer | Google Art Project: Home – pic Maximum resolution. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. | ||||
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| current | 11:42, 25 July 2012 | | 6,128 × 3,776 (6.47 MB) | imagescommonswiki>Artwork |
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