The 10 Most Important Artworks At The Uffizi Gallery, Florence — theculturetrip.com

The best and most famous of Titian's nudes, the Venus of Urbino is a masterwork of the form and one of the most alluring women in the history of art. Its frank and shameless eroticism was shocking for its time, and the legacy of this work can be traced through artist from Manet through to Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas today. Many, including the writer Mark Twain, see the painting as an obscenity, a pornographic blot in Titian's faultless career, whilst many others admire the mastery of flesh Titian achieves. View the painting yourself to form your own opinion on one of art's most controversial pieces.

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