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Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486).Tempera on canvas. 172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in). Uffizi, Florence Detail: the face of Venus. The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere [ˈnaʃʃita di ˈvɛːnere]) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the mid-1480s.
Depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore. The seashell she stands on was a symbol in classical antiquity for a woman's vulva. Thought to be based in part on the Venus de' Medici, an ancient Greek marble sculpture of Aphrodite.
Although the two are now known not to be a pair, the painting is inevitably discussed with Botticelli's other very large mythological painting, The Birth of Venus, also in the Uffizi. They are among the most famous paintings in the world, and icons of the Italian Renaissance; of the two, the Birth is even better known than the Primavera. [5]
Detail from Botticelli's most famous work, [4] The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486) Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 [1] – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli (/ ˌ b ɒ t ɪ ˈ tʃ ɛ l i / BOT-ih-CHEL-ee; Italian: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]) or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.
Among the best-known subjects of Italian artists are Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Pallas and the Centaur, the Ledas of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and Raphael's Galatea. [2] Through the medium of Latin and the works of Ovid, Greek myth influenced medieval and Renaissance poets such as Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante in Italy. [1]
Protesters targeted Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' painting in a demonstration at a museum in Florence. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
The fountain of Venus was a tribute to Venus, one of the symbols of Florence; It was also a reminder that Venus had ruled over the isles of the Hesperides. Venus was also honored inside the Villa, where Cosimo placed the famous painting by Botticelli, the Birth of Venus. Tribolo continued the message with statuary throughout the garden.
Smartify artwork ID: sandro-botticelli-the-birth-of-venus ; Utpictura18 artwork ID: 4047 ; Zeri image ID: 15928 ; Uffizi artwork ID: birth-of-venus ; Florentine musea catalogue ID: 00158551 ; 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, p. 119 ; Sandro Botticelli; Authority file: