"The Venus of Urbino" by Titian, has been gazing at her observers for over 500 years. Her look has been used throughout the years to appeal to and catch the eye of the onlookers; it is even used today in a more modern fashion such as in advertisements. A particular advertisement that best depicts the modern version of Venus is an advertisement for Stephanie's brand of bridal headpieces. The idea of the art and the advertisement is that they are trying to say something to the observer without using words, this is done by the way the two women are seated and the relationship that they have with the observer. This makes the woman appealing and almost goddess-like from the way in which they are placed on the chair and their facial expressions.
             These two pictures are suggesting eroticism without any actual evidence. The look that they are giving can easily imply a sexual overtone; they are both gazing into the eyes of someone or something. The woman in the photograph is looking off into the distance, or at someone, it seems, while the Venus in the painting is clearly looking at the observer of the painting. This is where the two pictures become appealing, since emerging beneath is neither a goddess nor a symbol it's just become that in modern times. Titian's mythological paintings have been said to "drawn a great deal of expert commentary, with people, as usual", or in other words let them see what they want to see. The painting is just that of a naked woman that lets the observers discover for themselves what the painting means to them.
             The picture and the painting both give the woman the presence of a goddess, a woman who is secure and powerful this makes it is appealing to look at. The reader looks at the advertisement and the observer looks at the painting because of its attractiveness. The opinion of the photo and the painting by the observer can go either way. Some might determine the two women as either harmonious, fa...