The Birth of Venus‚ Sandro Botticelli Before writing this review of a painting‚ I asked myself several times of what should I choose‚ what is my favourite or the most peculiar masterpiece for me? After a short dilemma I figured out that I am fond of Italian Renaissance‚ especially Early Renaissance. Most of all I enjoy and admire the Florentine School‚ brightly represented in the paintings of Sandro Botticelli. The painting of his that attracts me most is The Birth of Venus. The work on it was
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Affairs "Ten Miles West of Venus" by Judy Troy is about a minister who visits a friend who stops attending Sunday service after her husband commits suicide. They have a conversation about the one time they kissed passionately. When the minister attempts to sway his friend into coming back to church‚ she admits to worrying about the people of their congregation being ashamed to have her part of their church because of the suicide. The minister admits that there might be a few people‚ but the majority
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known for The Birth of Venus‚ he also painted common works such as Madonna and Child‚ Primavera‚ Holy Trinity and many more also including the contribution to the beautiful Sistine Chapel. Botticelli mainly used tempera grassa which was a new medium in Italy at the time‚ in which they would take the yolk from an egg and mix it with paint to make it more transparent. In addition to oil paint‚ he also used chalk‚ pen‚ bistre and tempera. I wanted to look deeper into The Birth of Venus because of how much
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The Birth of Venus‚ and Titian’s‚ Venus of Urbino are two paintings featuring the female nude‚ Venus as the main figure of the paintings. She is a classical representation of beauty and sensuality. Although these paintings have similar attributes such as the use of linear perspective‚ chiaroscuro‚ and their similar period style they have different hidden meanings. The Birth of Venus shows the story of how Venus came to be and portrays different gods and goddesses while in The Venus of Urbino‚ it
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human‚ a woman‚ is the so-called "Venus" of Willendorf‚ is a 11.1 cm (4 3/8 inches) high statuette of a female figure‚ discovered at a Paleolithic site in 1908 at a Aurignacian loess deposit near the town of Willendorf in Austria. It is now in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. The statue was carved from oolitic limestone‚ and was colored with red orche. It is dated 30‚000 and 25‚000 BC. Her great age and pronounced female forms quickly established the Venus of Willendorf as an icon of prehistoric
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Aphrodite vs. Birth of Venus Throughout the history of art the human form has captured artisans and their audiences. While the human form has always been acceptable in art‚ the nude female form continues to stir up controversy. Praxiteles was a famous artist during the Greek late classical period who sculpted and created controversy on the island of Knidos when he made Aphrodite of Knidos (350-340 B.C.). This new idea of a nude goddess made the island famous‚ putting it on the map as a
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Zeus‚ god of the heavens‚ agreed that his brother‚ Hades‚ god of the underworld‚ could marry and take his daughter with him to hell. The artist was able to capture what the myth told us and turn it into a piece full of expressions (structure). Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ the artist of “The Rape of Persephone” is one of the most well-known marble perfectionist of his time (ethos). The way he made the
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Botticelli ’s Birth of Venus is one of the most cherished artworks of the Renaissance period. In this piece the goddess Venus emerges from the sea upon a shell aligned with the myth that explains her birth. Her shell is pushed to the shore from winds being produced by the wind-gods‚ along with a shower of roses. As Venus is about to step onto the shore‚ a Nymph reaches out to cover her with a cloak. Venus is exemplified as a beautiful and pure goddess. Her portrayal as a nude is significant in
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Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf) and Female personification (Tellus) were represent of the goddess and they came from different periods. Venus of Willendorf was found in Austria‚ discovered by archaeologist Joseph Szomabathy and dated in ca. 28‚000 - 25‚000 BCE. She is really tiny‚ she just height about 412 inches and the carved from limestone. Tellus is a very good work of the artist name Ara Pacis Augustus‚ It was found in Rome‚ Italy‚ dated in 13-9 BCE‚ Marble‚ and high 5’3”. It is the procession
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