Alessandro Botticelli's The Three Graces

Elegance, delicacy and exquisiteness are three words which sums up the perspective of the Early Renaissance. During this movement there were many influential painters. Extraordinary works of art were created during tumultuous times. There was an immense amount of outside beliefs from society which had an impact on the art that was created. One artist in particular who dealt with these ideologies was Alessandro Botticelli. Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance who worked under the advocacy of Lorenzo de’ Medici. In his years of working as an artist he has created two paintings which reflects the embodiment of womanly beauty known as Birth of Venus, c. 1484-86 and Primavera, c.1482.
Botticelli was a master ahead of his time. He exceptionally captured the true realism of movement within these majestical fantasy-like paintings. The creation of these two masterpieces reflects the beliefs of today’s current society where individuals are appreciated within their bareness, which shows …show more content…
In between these two characters are The Three Graces who are splendidly intertwined into one another. Focusing back on Venus, she expresses modest mannerisms which can be seen from the calmness of her raised hand with the subtle and relaxed contrapposto of her figure. Her head is slightly tiled towards one side of her body which shows the delicacy of the womanly persona. It is believed that the characteristics of Venus derives from a letter written by Marsilio Ficino to Lorenzo which uplifts Venus as the figure of the moral qualities that a Florentine women should acquire and maintain. He writes,
“Venus, that is to say, Humanities… is a nymph of excellent comeliness… the hands of Liberality and Magnificence, the feet of Comeliness and Modesty… If you were to unite with her in wedlock and claim her as yours, she would make all your years