The birth of Venus is displayed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence‚ Italy. But originally Botticelli was commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence‚ specifically Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici under the influence of his cousin Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ close friend to Botticelli. The painting depicts the goddess Venus‚ having emerged from the sea standing on a seashell‚ arriving at the seashore. On Venus’ right is Zephyrus‚ God of Winds‚ he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura
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First da Vinci: now they’re cracking the Botticelli code From Richard Owen in Rome AN ITALIAN art expert claims that he has cracked the hidden code in one of the most most enigmatic Renaissance paintings‚ Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera. Enrico Guidoni‚ Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Rome University‚ said that scholars had sought for centuries to interpret Botticelli’s masterpiece‚ painted in or around 1482 for Lorenzo de Medici‚ better known as Lorenzo the
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The Birth of Venus (1635) ------------------------------------------------- Nicolas Poussin ------------------------------------------------- Sean E. Masih Art History 102 August 25‚ 2013 While the Philadelphia Museum of Art may not house some of the more famous artwork from the Baroque period‚ their acquisition of Poussin’s “Birth of Venus” was nothing short of a savvy purchase. Hungry for Western currency‚ the painting was sold by the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in 1930 under
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Sandro Botticelli painted “The birth of Venus” in 1485 and Jean-Honore Fragonard painted” Happy accidents of the swing” in 1767. Botticellis painting is tempera on canvas‚ while Fragonard painting is oil on canvas. Botticellis’ piece shows a scene of Venus rising from the sea‚ balanced on a sea shell. To the right of Venus right is Zephyrus‚ God of Winds‚ he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae‚ Goddess of the Seasons‚ waits to receive
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Primavera by Sandro Botticelli “Alessandro Filipepi‚ also know as Sandro Botticelli‚ (1444-1510) was born in Florence‚ Italy around 1445” (“Sandro Botticelli Biography” 1). Alessandro started his painting career during the Italian Renaissance‚ although Sandro died at the age of 65 and his painting career was unsuccessful‚ after his death his paintings became more popular and demanding. One of his famous painting‚ La Primavera was created after Sandro Botticelli’s’ The Birth Of Venus. In Sandro Botticelli’s
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Behind the Painting: Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera Time has arrived upon the year of 1482‚ the Early Renaissance‚ and a great artist‚ Botticelli‚ is in the stages of creating the largest Greek mythology painting‚ Primavera or also known as the Allegory of Spring. On the canvas characters such as Zephyr: the God of Wind‚ Flora/Chloris: the Goddess of Flowers and Blossoms as well as her former nymph counterpart‚ Venus: the Goddess of Love and Beauty‚ the Three Graces‚ Cupid: God of Love‚ and last
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Alessandro Di Mariano Di Vanni Filipepi was a remarkable Italian painter of the Florentine Renaissance era some of his more famous works are “Primavera” and “The Birth of Venus.”. He was born 1445 Florence‚ Italy- died May 17‚ 1510‚ Florence‚ Italy.May 17‚ 1510‚ Florence‚ Italy. I have chosen “ the discovery of the body of Holofernes” for it has a dark but comical feel when I look at the painting. Like the characters overemphasize expressions on their faces‚ but the colors are what really brought
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In ’Edgewater Angels’‚ Sandro Mallet tells the stories of gangbanging in a powerful manner that never hesitates to hit the reader upside the head with strong connected cram words to convey his point of view. His stories are powerful vignettes of a subculture of urban survival. Sunny Toomer is the sort of ringleader of a group of twelve year old boys who are making an instant leap from the playtime of childhood to a life of violence and hopelessness in the ugly projects of San Pedro. Meallet proves
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Venus‚ Claudio Bravo. Venus is an oil on canvas painting done by Claudio Bravo in 1979. Through the use of oil on a canvas medium allows the artist to blend alike colors creating a variety of tints and shades. Bravo blends his colors to add value to the painting‚ through these refined changes it creates an illusion making the painting feel almost three dimensional. This painting was likely done in one sitting. Bravo’s usage of shapes defines a woman’s bodies in loving‚ feminine‚ and tender emotion
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Botticelli and Warhol’s Art Works of Venus Sandro Botticelli created the beautiful‚ captivating‚ and norm breaking Birth of Venus. It depicts the story of the goddess Venus‚ having emerged from the sea as a full grown woman arriving at the shore. Painted in 1486‚ and with the medium of tempera on canvas‚ The Birth of Venus hangs in the Uffizi gallery in Florence Italy. This renaissance painting is huge and is 67.9 inches tall by 109.6 inches wide. Andy Warhol’s screen print Venus was done is
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