As Venetian paintings began to transform in style and medium in the sixteenth century, their subjects also began to change. Throughout the fifteenth century, most paintings had religious subjects and Bellini was known as the great painter in Venice. When Titian emerged on the scene in the sixteenth century, the shift towards the use of mythological scenes and gods and goddesses as the subjects of paintings began.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The female figure was depicted in many works of Renaissance Venice. It is used in several paintings with mythological subjects, usually depicting goddesses. These works usually included few figures and did not show a specific scene or story, rather drawing the attention solely to the woman in the painting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paintings with mythological subjects also often taught a moral lesson, much like the myths themselves. Greek mythology often taught these morals through the tragedies of people caused by their own choices, and the paintings depict similar values.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, many paintings showed dramatic representations of scenes from myths. In these works, a specific, recognizable scene from a myth is depicted, usually in a style with lots of color and movement of the figures.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mythology was used as a subject in Venetian paintings in several different ways and styles. Titian especially was very famous for his mythological paintings, and was often comissioned especially for them.\u00a0<\/p>","credits":"Jacey Curd","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"default","theme_options":"a:3:{s:7:\"seasons\";a:7:{s:11:\"style_sheet\";s:5:\"night\";s:4:\"logo\";N;s:11:\"footer_text\";s:0:\"\";s:24:\"display_footer_copyright\";s:1:\"0\";s:17:\"item_file_gallery\";s:1:\"0\";s:19:\"use_advanced_search\";s:1:\"1\";s:12:\"exhibits_nav\";s:4:\"side\";}s:6:\"berlin\";a:6:{s:4:\"logo\";N;s:12:\"header_image\";N;s:11:\"footer_text\";s:0:\"\";s:24:\"display_footer_copyright\";s:1:\"0\";s:19:\"use_advanced_search\";s:1:\"0\";s:17:\"item_file_display\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"default\";a:12:{s:10:\"text_color\";s:7:\"#5C5B5C\";s:16:\"background_color\";s:7:\"#FCF2F9\";s:10:\"link_color\";s:7:\"#78546E\";s:12:\"button_color\";s:7:\"#000000\";s:17:\"button_text_color\";s:7:\"#FFFFFF\";s:18:\"header_title_color\";s:7:\"#000000\";s:4:\"logo\";N;s:17:\"header_background\";N;s:11:\"footer_text\";s:0:\"\";s:24:\"display_footer_copyright\";s:1:\"0\";s:17:\"item_file_gallery\";s:1:\"1\";s:19:\"use_advanced_search\";s:1:\"1\";}}","slug":"meaningofmyths","added":"2020-11-14 20:45:30","modified":"2020-11-16 16:09:43","owner_id":4,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":154},"item":{"id":14,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":11,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2020-09-09 01:28:19","modified":"2020-09-09 01:28:19","owner_id":4}}