https://venice.dahvc.org/fall-2020/files/original/November_20_Galleria_Borghese_or_Pinacoteca_di_Brera/Sacred_and_Profane_Love/sacred_and_profane.png 3e62cad0d103ba02e597409a899feb31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource November 20: Galleria Borghese or Pinacoteca di Brera Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Galleria Borghese, Rome or Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sacred and Profane Love Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Titian Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Commissioned by Niccolò Aurelio. Image Source: Titian. c. 1515. Sacred and Profane Love. painting. Place: Galleria Borghese. https://library.artstor.org/asset/SCALA_ARCHIVES_10310195612. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1515 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Olivia Migli Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource (c) 2006, SCALA, Florence / ART RESOURCE, N.Y. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Oil on canvas, 118 x 279 cm. Type The nature or genre of the resource Painting Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy Description An account of the resource Sacred and Profane Love is a piece done by Titian circa 1515 for Niccolò Aurelio [1]. Niccolò Aurelio, secretary of the Venice Council of Ten, commissioned this painting for his marriage to Laura Bagarotto [2]. The painting itself depicts two ladies, the one on the left sitting lower than the one on the right who sits up straight and gazes over to the lady on the left. These two figures are believed to be a bride on the left, adorned in traditional, ceremonial wedding clothes and the almost nude figure on the right illustrates Venus [3]. Venus’ loin is covered by a white cloth and a large, red cloth is draped over her shoulders. Accompanying the bride and Venus is Cupid, who sits in between, and playfully reaches his hand into the fountain shaped sarcophagus staring down into the watery bath. Behind the bride is a hilly landscape that leads up to a castle-like structure off in the distance. On Venus’s side the composition is much less filled and consists of a more serene landscape that includes a blue lake and a hazy village structure. Erwin Panofsky suggests that the subject of this piece relate to the Platonic philosophies seen in many Renaissance works. He suggests that Cupid stirring the water, a source of life, suggests love as the intermediary between heaven and earth [4]. These representative of heaven, Venus, and of earth, the bride, are together and allude to a celebration of love, most likely celebrating the new love of Aurelio and Bagarotto. 1. Titian. Sacred and Profane Love. <a href="https://library.artstor.org/asset/SCALA_ARCHIVES_10310195612">https://library.artstor.org/asset/SCALA_ARCHIVES_10310195612</a>. 2. “Sacred and Profane Love, 1514 by Titian,” Sacred and Profane Love, 1514 by Titian, accessed November 14, 2020, <a href="https://www.titian.org/sacred-and-profane-love.jsp">https://www.titian.org/sacred-and-profane-love.jsp</a>. 3. Author: Titian, “Sacred and Profane Love by Titian,” Galerie Borghèse, August 4, 2019, <a href="https://borghese.gallery/collection/paintings/sacred-and-profane-love.html">https://borghese.gallery/collection/paintings/sacred-and-profane-love.html</a>. 4. Erwin Panofsky, Studies in Iconology; Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance (New York: O.U.P., 1939). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Panofsky, Erwin. Studies in Iconology; Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance. New York: O.U.P., 1939. Sacred and Profane Love, 1514 by Titian. Accessed November 14, 2020. https://www.titian.org/sacred-and-profane-love.jsp. Titian, Author: “Sacred and Profane Love by Titian.” Galerie Borghèse, August 4, 2019. https://borghese.gallery/collection/paintings/sacred-and-profane-love.html. Titian. c. 1515. Sacred and Profane Love. painting. Place: Galleria Borghese. https:// library.artstor.org/asset/SCALA_ARCHIVES_10310195612.