Venus in Her Various Guises A Close Look at the Reclining Female Nude in the Western Tradition

James Murga

Date of Award

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Carrasco, Magdalena

Keywords

Venus, Nude, Art History

Area of Concentration

Humanities

Abstract

This thesis has three goals. The first of these is to explore how the reclining female nude became a fruitful genre for many artists throughout history. As such, this topic is used as a means to delve into many different time periods, social movements, and key concepts. This leads to the second goal of this thesis, which is to make the connection between history and the art being discussed. To this end, this thesis uses historical overviews at the beginning of each chapter to frame the discussion of the artwork in some general history in order to understand what inspired it. The third and final goal of this thesis is to trace how the ancient Greeks and Romans influenced Western Civilization. By briefly discussing their accomplishments and devoting the first chapter to what is arguably the first female nude of consequence in history, this thesis seeks to explore how Classical ideas planted the seeds of Western Civilization.

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