03 — ARTWORK
Venus and Cupid
- MEDIUM
- Fresco
- TYPE
- Mythological
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COMMENTARY
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Raphael's pictorial narrative in the LoggiaA gallery or room open on one or more sides, its roof supported by columns. Loggias in Italian Renaissance buildings were generally on the upper levels. Renaissance loggias were also separate structure, often standing in markets and town squares, that could be used for public ceremonies. di Psiche begins in the spandrels of the short side on the left as one enters and continues along the spandrels to the right to the second short side and then along the entrance side. These triangular surfaces represented a problematic format for artists. Raphael solved this challenge in ever new and surprising ways, causing the form of the painting's support and the composition of its figures to interact in particularly fortuitous and varied manners. In the broad space of the first spandrel(1) The triangular space between two arches in an arcade. (2) The curved surface between two ribs meeting at an angle in a vault. Venus and her son are affectionately close together. Jealous, the mother is pointing downward, where Psyche is being admired by mortals for her beauty.
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