The Birth of Venus (Cabanel)
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| '''''The Birth of Venus''''' (French: ''Naissance de Venus'') is a painting by the French artist [[Alexandre Cabanel]] (1823–1889). It is now in the [[Musée d'Orsay]] in [[Paris]]. | '''''The Birth of Venus''''' (French: ''Naissance de Venus'') is a painting by the French artist [[Alexandre Cabanel]] (1823–1889). It is now in the [[Musée d'Orsay]] in [[Paris]]. | ||
| - | Finished in 1863 and shown to great success at the [[Paris Salon]] the same year, it was immediately purchased by [[Napoleon III]] for his own personal collection. That same year Cabanel was made a professor of the [[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts|Ecole des Beaux-Arts]]. | + | Finished in 1863 and shown to great success at the [[Paris Salon of 1863|Paris Salon the same year]], it was immediately purchased by [[Napoleon III]] for his own personal collection. That same year Cabanel was made a professor of the [[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts|Ecole des Beaux-Arts]]. |
| Cabanel's erotic imagery, cloaked in historicism, appealed to the propriety of the higher levels of society. Cabanel was a determined opponent of the [[Impressionism|Impressionists]], especially [[Édouard Manet]], although the refusal of the academic establishment to realize the importance of new ideas and sources of inspiration would eventually prove to be the undoing of the Academy. | Cabanel's erotic imagery, cloaked in historicism, appealed to the propriety of the higher levels of society. Cabanel was a determined opponent of the [[Impressionism|Impressionists]], especially [[Édouard Manet]], although the refusal of the academic establishment to realize the importance of new ideas and sources of inspiration would eventually prove to be the undoing of the Academy. | ||
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The Birth of Venus (French: Naissance de Venus) is a painting by the French artist Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889). It is now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Finished in 1863 and shown to great success at the Paris Salon the same year, it was immediately purchased by Napoleon III for his own personal collection. That same year Cabanel was made a professor of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Cabanel's erotic imagery, cloaked in historicism, appealed to the propriety of the higher levels of society. Cabanel was a determined opponent of the Impressionists, especially Édouard Manet, although the refusal of the academic establishment to realize the importance of new ideas and sources of inspiration would eventually prove to be the undoing of the Academy.
See also
- The Birth of Venus. Other paintings on the same subject.
