The Birth of Venus

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…

Women in Homer’s The Odyssey, Euripides’ Hippolytus, Virgil’s The Aeneid, and Ovid’s Venus and Adonis (And Atalanta) often held positions of power, whether it be a dutiful wife and loving mother, a widowed queen, or a goddess. In these Greco-Roman texts, women hold power by embracing their feminine roles, where a man may “name her as [his] own, that she may spend all of her years with [him], to make [him] father of fair sons” (Virgil: 4). She is expected to be as loyal and motherly as Penelope,…

in “Piazzale degli Uffizi” in Italia. The Birth of Venus depicts several gods which are Venus, Zephyr, Horae, Avra or Chloris. Let’s see who are them. First, Venus who is standing demurely on the seashell, she is the god of love. Zephyr who is blowing wind to Venus is the god of the West. Avra or Chloris, who is carried by Zephyr associated with Spring and blossoming flowers. And lastly, Horae is a god of the seasons, who is ready with a cape to clothe Venus. Most would think this art is the…

Serena Williams began intensive tennis training at age 3. Along with her individual success, Serena has teamed with sister Venus Williams to win a series of doubles titles. American tennis player Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan. The youngest of Richard and Oracene Williams's five daughters, Serena Williams, along with her sister Venus, would grow up to become one of the sport's great champions. In 2011, Williams suffered a series of health scares,…

Venus of Willendorf, Paleolithic Period, c. 24,000-22,000 B.C.E. Limestone painted with red ochre, 11.1 cm tall. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna The Venus of Willendorf is the most well known sculpture mobiliary art of the Paleolithic period. It was discovered in 1908 outside the small Austrian village of Willendorf by josef Szombathy, an Austro-Hungarian archaeologist. It is named after the Roman goddess of love, Venus, and since it was discovered in Willendorf, it came to be known…

Sacher-Masoch. Sacher-Masoch’s famous novella Venus in Furs, a story about a masochist’s journey through the fulfillment of his fantasy, was one of the first times the subject of masochism was broached in public. Interestingly, upon the analysis of both these texts, it becomes clear that Krafft-Ebing’s writing lacks the understanding that love plays a large role in the fantasy of masochism. Wanda, the main female character in Venus in Furs, is a…

Respighi were three movements: La Primavera (Spring), L’Adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Magi), and La Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus). The first La Primavera (Spring) is in E major, and the same name of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” The second one, L’Adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Magi) is G major, and the last one La nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus) is in F major. The last one was…

This artist used contour and line in a complex way to create his beautiful compositions (p.332). One of my favorite works by Botticelli is the Birth of Venus. This depiction of the goddess Venus is so intriguing and it is hard to stop looking at it. All the figures are painted in a beautiful, graceful way that creates a presence about them that is breathtaking. In this painting, Botticelli brought back a style that is…

the minor Roman Gods. Although we don’t know his exact birth we do know he was born on Mount Olympus, Cupid is the son of Venus and Mercury. Venus is the goddess of love and Mercury is the messenger of the Gods.( Encyclopedia Britannica) Most Roman Gods had a temple built for them where they could live, but Cupid did not since he was always going around helping people fall in love. . Cupid was often drawn as a winged…

it only Earth? This is a common question asked by many scientists around the world, and one which we may not find the answer to for a long while yet. It is very interesting to look at our own world, but what makes it so special? What about Mars and Venus? Our two closest neighbours, surely they could or could have held the possibility of life on their surfaces? It is very intriguing that even though these planets are in such close vicinity to the Earth, they each have conditions which are…