Transcription Project

As I progresses in my project. i went from a more of photographic way. the art work i am transcribing in from the national gallery and it is called the Venus and Mars.
This image is seen below.

This is what the national gallery wrote about this image.

Mars, God of War, was one of the lovers of Venus, Goddess of Love. Here Mars is asleep and unarmed, while Venus is awake and alert. The meaning of the picture is that love conquers war, or love conquers all. 

This work was probably a piece of bedroom furniture, perhaps a bedhead or piece of wainscoting, most probably the 'spalliera' or backboard from a chest or day bed. The wasps ('vespe' in Italian) at the top right suggest a link with the Vespucci family, though they may be no more than a symbol of the stings of love. 

A lost Classical painting of the marriage of Alexander and Roxana was described by the 2nd-century Greek writer, Lucian. It showed cupids playing with Alexander's spear and armour. Botticelli's satyrs may refer to this. Mars is sleeping the 'little death' which comes after making love, and not even atrumpet in his ear will wake him. The little satyrs have stolen his lance - a joke to show that he is now disarmed.

But i gave my self some of the different meaning that i feel about it.so these are some of the word i felt it meant.

•  Sexual
•  Layout
•  Beauty
• Weak/Strong
• Darkness
• Shape

I developed my own idea with photos and Photoshop.

These are some of my final piece as i have 5 images as my final piece these are only 2 of them.

Both of these images have there own dark meaning behind them, but i will tell you a little about them.

this one above is of the man being stronger then the women and the women has been blurred out to create a effect of her being scared.

this one is more about the women and the giving of strength as well as the taking of strenght this relates back to the "Mars, God of War, was one of the lovers of Venus, Goddess of Love. Here Mars is asleep and unarmed, while Venus is awake and alert. The meaning of the picture is that love conquers war, or love conquers all. " this is her taking back the strength.