Creative juices

So last night, in my Art History class, we started discussing High Renaissance art. The paintings had started getting controversial around this time. The human organic form was shown more often and more vividly. One such controversial painting that we discussed was the Venus of Urbino by Titian.


Venus of Urbino, Oil on canvas.

Naturally everyone chimed in with their opinion of what was controversial. Everyone generally agreed on what was controversial about the painting: the position of the left hand...and what it was possibly doing. So while everyone was going back and forth, I wondered how I could have made this picture more erotic (and then had myself burned at the stake). Essentially, I would have had her cover her left hand with the flowers in her right hand. This might give an impression that she is trying to be modest. In essence, everyone will know for sure what that left hand is doing under those flowers but no one can see sh*t. Plus I would have made her place that right hand behind her head and slightly open her mouth. Finally I would add a little bit of moisture to her upper lip and perhaps the upper thighs. Heck, given the right mood, I might even have had Fido there loll his tongue and wag his tail as he stared in the general direction of where the fragrance was coming from. Uplifting!

Maybe I will get to do a painting like that someday. Can you imagine that?

Dude 1: "So, dude, where is that Rajaseharan you had hanging on that wall there...next to that Rembrandt?"
Dude 2: "Mmph. Oh, that one. Its still there. It just got f*$&@#^ censored!"

Incidentally, does anyone remember that drawing Leonardo makes of Kate W. in Titanic?