• The Birth of Venus-Sandro Botticelli-Critical Study

     

    Essays1 Art

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Published: 10.07.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'The Birth of Venus-Sandro Botticelli-Critical Study', 1.
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Sandro Botticelli has created this Tempura on canvas painting , it measures 172.5 x 278.5cm and is located in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence .The Birth of Venus belongs to the renaissance period and is not a representation of a Christian legend but an interpretation of a classical Myth. This painting is one of a series which Botticelli was inspired to paint after the written descriptions by the 2nd century historian Lucian. It depicts the classical goddess Venus emerging from the water on a shell , she is being blown towards shore by the Zephyrs (symbols of spiritual passions) ther…

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