The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)- Renaissance Venus of Urbino (Titan)- Renaissance The Birth of Venus (Cabanel)- 19th Century Venus Fauvist-Cubist - 20th Century Mythology of Aphrodite/Venus The mythology of Venus lies within the roots of Neolithic Greece. Known as ‘Eurynome’‚ which translates to the “wide wandering one”‚ she was born of primal Chaos‚ dancing on the water. Eurynome transformed the North Wind into
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Fresco Fresco which means fresh in Italian‚ is a form of painting murals in earth tones are directly applied to wet plaster. The first fresco paintings have been dated as far back as 30‚000 years ago. The earliest discoveries being of paintings done in the Chauvet cave located in France. More than 15‚000 years ago frescoes were created in other caves in Lascaux‚ France and Altamira‚ Spain. These examples of early fresco paintings are brilliant testimony of the long history of this form of art
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Once hung in a Medici villa‚ Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus‚ ca. 1485‚ is one of the most treasured artworks of the Renaissance. The composition is opened up more‚ compared to Botticelli’s Primavera‚ a similar styled painting done a few years prior. The central figure in this tempera painting is the goddess Venus (also known as Aphrodite in Greek mythology). She graces us with her presence by floating to the shore‚ pushed from the winds of gods (Zephyr accompanied by Chloris)‚ on a seashell
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The 1970’s brought folk music and disco‚ and in the 80’s it became rap and Hip-Hop. The Birth of Hip Hop originally started in the streets of New York in the 1970’s. It later began to be widely known in the early 80’s as it generally became a musical art form that has been around for over 20 years. It’s derive came from a young generation of Black people and Latino-Americans in the slums of Bronx to send political messages and reach a particular audience to help create change. Hip-Hop was formed
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Raphael was a painter who was considered one of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance.He enjoyed wealth and power during his lifetime unlike many other artists of the time who were not to be recognized until after their deaths. Rafael was born in Italy on April 6‚ 1483. He was the son of a very successful artist‚ but his father passed away when he was 11. Growing up‚ Raphael was always surrounded by talented and wealthy people. He was sent to study in Perugia when he was 16 and then when he
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Birth Control Movement in the 1920s In the 1920s‚ life was more conservative than it is today. People did not openly talk about sex‚ planned parenthood‚ and they definitely did not agree on the use of contraceptives. Many people in the United States thought that birth control was morally wrong; however‚ a woman named Margaret Sanger would fight to make major changes in this generation that would change our outlook and our opinions about contraceptives forever. Margaret Sanger was passionate about
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The Rock music era affected society in more negative ways than positive ones. Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1950’s. It gained its origins from rhythm and blues‚ jazz and rock and roll. The exact date of the birth of Rock music is difficult to determine .It was said that no one planned the Internet‚ but it was conceived and then it took over the world. The same can be said for Rock music (Dister‚ 19). Few would dispute that rock music owes most of it
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could compare. Pygmalion fell in love with his statue and often laid hands upon her to reassure himself she was not real. He named her Galatea. At festival of Aphrodite Pygmalion stood by the altar and prayed “If you gods can give all things‚ may I have as my wife‚ one like the ivory maiden.” Aphrodite heard his pleas. When Pygmalion returned home he kissed Galatea which apparently was a common custom for him. The warmth of her skin and lips surprised him……(fill in the blank)………………. Aphrodite blessed
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Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino‚ better known simply as Raphael‚ was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance‚ celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci‚ he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was born on April 6 or March 28‚ 1483 in the small but artistically significant Central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region‚ where his father Giovanni Santi was a court
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The Birth of Venus is a masterpiece created by Sandro Botticelli in the year 1482‚ this masterpiece was created during the renaissance era. The Birth of Venus depicts the Greek goddess Aphrodite which later on was adapted by the Roman in their culture as Venus. The Birth of Venus was commissioned by the Medici Family which was a very influential family during the Renaissance. Differently‚ from artwork from previous eras Botticelli did not create a piece of art that represented a Christian legend
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