Botticelli early on developed a distinctive artistic style that incorporated Neo-Platonism‚ which was the period of Platonic philosophy that was mystical and religious in nature. This distinct style appealed to the Papacy who asked him to travel to Rome‚ Italy
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Patricia Gelin I. Doctolero March 6‚ 2013 E-1R Mater Dolorosa By Simon Dela Rosa Flores (Critique Paper) The artwork entitled Mater Dolorosa that is painted using oil by Simon Dela Rosa Flores on a canvas (104 x 73.5 cm). Simon Flores is known for his religious paintings that were commissioned by wealthy families and parish churches. The date of the painting when it was created was not known. I. INTERPRETATION When I first saw the painting‚ I thought of a
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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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The concept of ‘The Blonde’ has been ever changing over time and across different contexts. Meanings and cultural ideologies associated with blondeness have shifted due to the change in context at varying points of time. Blondeness has been represented and viewed differently from one culture to another where the context and values play a crucial role in these representations. In the movie‚ “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”‚ Marilyn Monroe is portrayed as the archetypal blonde bombshell that uses her sexuality
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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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Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement The purpose of the present paper is to discuss a very interesting piece of art‚ Fra Filippo Lippi’s “Portrait of a woman with a man at a Casement”. I will begin by the analysis of the formal qualities of the painting such as the composition‚ the color‚ line‚ texture‚ proportion‚ balance‚ contrast and rhythm. I will then discuss how the work fits a certain stylistic category. I will demonstrate that the painting reflects the social and cultural trends of
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How far do you agree with the view that Fra Lippo Lippi is simply a ’saucy and loud mouthed monk’? The story of Fra Lippo Lippi focuses on a debate of art‚ whether it should be realistic or didactic and idealistic‚ the narrators comments could be seen as drunk ramblings or rather an artist who wants to defend his preference of realism over tradition. The poem starts off quite energetically with Fra Lippo Lippi being captured “I am poor brother Lippo‚ by your leave”‚ it seems self-deprecating from
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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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Not all artists use characters or gods which symbolize beauty and fertility in their masterpieces‚ although Botticelli certainly did in his piece La Primavera. Botticelli‚ an artist during the early piece of the Renaissance‚ was an artist unlike any seen before. Botticelli was trained under the apprenticeship of Filippo Lippi‚ who was a famous Medici‚ or a member of a political dynasty or family with much power during the Renaissance. Individualism‚ classical naturalism‚ and scientific naturalism
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