03 — ARTWORK
Mars and Venus
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 84 x 120 cm
- TYPE
- Mythological
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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This painter from Parma was the author of altarpieces as well as frescoWall painting technique in which pigments are applied to wet (fresh) plaster (intonaco). The pigments bind with the drying plaster to form a very durable image. Only a small area can be painted in a day, and these areas, drying to a slightly different tint, can in time be seen. Small amounts of retouching and detail work could be carried out on the dry plaster, a technique known as a secco fresco. decorations in both Rome and Parma. Nevertheless, he was especially esteemed for galleryan upper story, similar to a tribune, running along the side of a building and open on one side to the interior; in a church (basilica) above the side aisles, over the ambulatory (central-plan building) and also over the west end. The gallery was used to keep certain groups of worshippers apart (women, noblemen). paintings, such as the present canvasA woven cloth used as a support for painting. The best-quality canvas is made of linen; other materials used are cotton, hemp, and jute. It is now so familiar a material that the word 'canvas' has become almost a synonym for an oil painting, but it was not until around 1500 that it began to rival the wooden panel (which was more expensive and took longer to prepare) as the standard support for movable paintings (the transition came later in Northern Europe than in Italy). Canvas is not suitable for painting on until it has been coated with a ground, which isolates the fabric from the paint; otherwise it will absorb too much paint, only very rough effects will be obtainable, and parts of the fabric may be rotted by the pigments. It must also be made taut on a stretcher or by some other means.. While three 'amorini' are busy disarming him, Mars futilely attempts to resist the enticement of Venus, lying on a precious bed; a pleasant landscape opens up in the background.
The painting seems to have been quite famous, judging from the existence of an old copy which documents the original format of the work, altered during the eighteenth century.
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