Western painters used oil paintings of two plump female figures to show that there should be no suspicion between men and women.

Let’s talk about the 19th-century British painter Laurence Alma Tarde’s oil painting about female subjects, “The Unperceived Rival.” ",

Without looking at the scene, most people will mistakenly think that this is a work about historical figures and has nothing to do with women's love. However, people who are a little more careful will think that this is "unconscious competition. "Rival" may be a love rival, a male love rival, or a female love rival.

Let us now briefly talk about the oil painting "Unconscious Rival" related to love rivals: the overall tone of the entire picture shows It is very warm. The arched walls are covered with various red patterns and words, with a little blue and gray.

It’s just that we don’t know what patterns and words these are, and they are not the focus of the painting. ; It is worth noting that there is a very bright green square in the upper right corner of the picture (the arched wall), in which are three naked women with unclear expressions. They are the "Three Graces" and they are the followers of Venus.

If there are "Three Graces", then there will be Cupid. After all, the space of this picture is large enough. We look at the far left of the picture, which is a marble sculpture of Cupid. Cupid is sitting on a stone pillar. , very naughtily put the clothes on his head,

He seemed to be asleep, but in fact Cupid was not asleep. He was hiding next to a tree full of beautiful red flowers. This tree The alluring red flower tree makes the atmosphere of the whole scene extremely ambiguous, and Cupid is hiding next to it, which creates an atmosphere of tension.

It is said that the storyline of the characters in a painting is coherent. The reason why Cupid wanted to hide behind the charming red flower tree was because he found two women waiting for him in the same place. Both women were Cupid's lovers,

But they were not Knowing that they and each other's lovers are the same person, the two women have delicate skin and plump and sexy figures. They are both wearing see-through clothes. Among them, the woman wearing light green see-through clothes is standing and leaning against the marble wall. She is posing, looking down slightly, and looking at Looking at the sitting woman,

Tadema's work "The Unaware Competitor"

The look down on her looked a little strange, either jealous or contemptuous. The reason why I say she is jealous is because the sitting woman is prettier than the standing woman. She is wearing a dark red see-through dress, with her right hand holding her chin, and one of her fingers touching her cherry lips,

Her eyes are looking forward, not looking at the viewer, as if she is contemplating something, and has a strong sense of mystery, especially when her fingers touch her lips. This posture is very sultry, more so than the standing woman posing. Showing elegance; the reason why it is said to be contempt is because of the arrogant nature of women.

Interestingly, the left hand of the woman in red and the right hand of the woman in green are held together, which looks very intimate. , which is in sharp contrast to the jealous and contemptuous look of the woman in green. On the surface, these two women look very close, but in fact, they each have "ulterior motives" and are suspicious of each other. This is the characteristic of human nature. , maybe they all knew in their hearts that the other person and the lover they met were the same person, so Cupid hid beside the red flower tree and did not dare to come out to see them.

Finally, we focus on the far right of the picture, where there are the feet of a gladiator statue. The existence of this statue is for the painter to coordinate the symmetry of the left and right sides of the entire picture without too much. meaning.