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The Birth Of Venus Analysis
Looking Paper Based on a poem by Angelo Poliziano, Sandro Botticelli’s illustration called the “Birth of Venus” depicted a rare aspect removed from medieval art; female nudity. To exemplify the physical beauty that the nude Venus promotes, this tempura on canvas is five feet and nine inches tall and nine feet and two inches wide . Botticelli’s creation digresses from previous medieval art by imposing individuality and humanistic qualities into each figure on canvas. The goddess Venus is the Roman equivalent to Greek goddess, Aphrodite. Botticelli’s placement of Venus in the center of the canvas emphasizes her beauty considering renaissance elements of individualization of her face and bringing light to the center of the painting. Also the

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