The Birth of Venus

Uffizi, Florence, Italy, and it is displayed in Florence. There are no documents that are associated with the Birth of Venus. It has the Roman goddess Venus in the middle of the painting. She is depicted as an adult woman who is emerging from the sea. It has been noted that the painting is inspired by a poem written by Angelo Poliziano. This poem is called the Stanze Per la Giostra. Venus seemed to have two aspects. She was an earthly goddess who liked to arouse humans for their physical…

He created over one hundred fifty paintings, paintings such as the Primavera, Filippo Lippi, Fortuner, Birth of Venus, St. Sabastian, Madonna and Child and many more. One day the Pope asked Sandro Botticelli to paint the Sistine Chapel wall with others such…

This man would grow up to be one of the greatest artist in the Renaissance. Sandro Botticelli was born on the 17 of May in 1446. When young, Botticelli was trained to become a goldsmith by his brother Antonio. He later then decided to become an artist. At the age of fourteen he became an apprentice. He was apprenticed by an artist named Fra Filippo Lippi. Most of his working’s have been attributed to his master. Lippi greatly influenced Botticelli in his workings. Botticelli learned a lot from…

The “Holy Trinity”, “Birth of Venus”, and “Mona Lisa” all exemplifies the Renaissance period and each have a distinguished style and look in the work. They all have some similarities and differences in their style and each fits in a category that has been already examined. They…

Whether in sculpture or in painting, Venus finds her way into countless works of art. The goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, the nude Venus is a common motif that may represent a number of ideas: chastity, the sin of sexuality, or Neo-Platonic interpretations of love. Botticelli is no stranger to the use of Venus in art; three of his paintings – Birth of Venus, Primavera, and Venus and Mars – depict Venus as the central figure. However, very little is known about the backgrounds of these…

representations have been used to glorify women and show their significance in life. In this paper four different art pieces will be explored that are significant to the art world and representative of the female figure. These works of art are Venus of Willendorf, The Birth of Venus (Botticelli), Woman Holding a Balance, and self-portrait. All of these pieces of art have a different way of portraying women that is unique. These four works of art are examples of the difference in appearance,…

Venus’ body doesn’t look like a human bodily figure and it’s not supposed to. Her body wasn’t supposed to be exactly the same as the human body, it was supposed to be structural and flow within each other. For example her shoulders run down into her arms in an unbroken stream of movement like her floating hair. It looks like she’s standing but she is supposedly floating on top of the shell. Her body is very in proportionate with her elongated neck and torso. She stands in a classical stance that…

Laura Guley- Renaissance 1. Brunelleschi & Ghiberti / Sacrifice of Isaac Competition Panels (1 video) 1. To create doors for the baptistery. The winner would have their sculptures decorate the doors. 2. Ghiberti was less violent less scary, more complexity emotionally, Abraham was reluctant. Ghiberti used less bronze. 3. I like Ghiberti’s panel more because it is less violent and less traumatic than Brunelleschi’s panel. 2. Brunelleschi / Dome of the Cathedral of Florence 1. The first…

The Venus of Willendorf is an ancient and symbolic figure created around 25,000 years ago. This statue, standing at about four and a half inches tall, was discovered on the Danube River in Willendorf, Austria. Many Archeologists believe that a Hunter-Gather society created it as a representation of a Mother goddess due to some of the statues emphasized attributes. Worshipping a Mother Goddess would make the most sense when you considered the conditions most ancient societies were living in. A…

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (Sandro Botticelli) was an Italian painter in the beginning of the Renaissance. His work predates some other famous artists such as Raphael or Michelangelo. Born March 4, 1445, Botticelli was the son of a tanner and was originally trained as a goldsmith. It was not until he met Fra Filippo Lippi that Botticelli learned to paint. In 1470, Botticelli was an independent master for his creation of the Fortitude that completed the series of Seven Virtues.…