The Birth Of Venus

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If you are looking for a light fiction novel where lead characters just happen to meet all the right people at the right points in time, where all the strings of lfe are neatly tied up, where character portrayal is shallow, go ahead - read "The Birth of Venus". Then read "The Agony and the Ecstasy" and make a comparison. You will see what I mean. Here is my review of Stone's book, which I gave 4 stars: Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

We know they personify the wind and breeze through their action of blowing and the lightly painted lines symbolizing the wind coming out of their mouths. 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. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus Anadyomene and often depicted in art). The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. There is also speculation that she was the above-mentioned Medicis’ mistress, which also alluded to Alexander the Great’s mistress, Campaspe (or Pancaste) painted by the ancient Greek painter, Apelles of Kos. Botticelli could have been regarded as continuing the work done by Apelles. However, this is only another historical and political reference within The Birth of Venus painting. Her father brings home a painter from northern Europe to paint the walls and ceiling of their family chapel, and Alessandra is unable to stay away from him. Intrigued and attracted to not only the painter himself, but his talent – what she calls “God in his hands”– Alessandra sneaks out of her room, creates fictional reasons to find him, and breaks just about every rule of daughterly propriety for just a few seconds of his time and for his evaluation of her untutored but enthusiastic artistic efforts.Presently, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484 to 1486) painting is housed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. It is believed that the painting was requested by the Medici family as a wedding present. They commissioned Alessandro Botticelli, who is the artist of the Birth of Venus. Some sources report it was housed in the Villa Castello until 1815, which belonged to Cosimo I de Medici, this is where La Primavera (c. 1482 to 1483) was also housed. stands in a classical contrapposto stance, her weight is shifted too far over the left leg for the pose to be held. Moreover, her positioning on the edge of the scallop shell (which cannot be Sarah Dunant has given us a story of sacrifice and betrayal, set during Florence’s captivity under the fanatic Savonarola. She writes like a painter, and thinks like a philosopher: juxtapositioning the humane against the animal, hope against fanaticism, creativity against destruction. The Birth of Venus is a tour de force.” He was commissioned by wealthy families of Florence like the Medici family. Pope Sixtus IV also commissioned him to paint part of the Sistine Chapel. Botticelli painted religious and mythological subject matter. His famous artworks include La Primavera (c. 1482 to 1483), Venus and Mars (c. 1483), and The Birth of Venus (c. 1484 to 1486). This sculpture also juxtaposes the classical male figure in sculpture, which was focused on portraying heroism.

Of august gold-wreathed and beautiful Aphrodite I shall sing to whose domain belong the battlements of all sea-loved Cyprus where, blown by the moist breath of Zephyros, she was carried over the waves of the resounding sea on soft foam. The gold-filleted Horae happily welcomed her and clothed her with heavenly raiment. [34] We will notice there are various areas of the composition with gilded areas. For example, the shoreline where she will step off to walk, her shell is also rimmed with gold, as well as the trees and their blossoms.Dunant has created a vivid and compellingly believable picture of Renaissance Florence: the squalor and brutality; the confidence and vitality; the political machinations. Her research has obviously been meticulous….A magnificent novel.” Furthermore, her stance is unrealistic as she leans too far to her left side without anything supporting her. In a more realistic setting, she would fall over. This elongation and inaccurate portrayal of proportion and stance heighten Venus’ beauty and her as almost an otherworldly figure that has just been given life. At the right a female figure who may be floating slightly above the ground holds out a rich cloak or dress to cover Venus when she reaches the shore, as she is about to do. She is one of the three Horae or Hours, Greek minor goddesses of the seasons and of other divisions of time, and attendants of Venus. The floral decoration of her dress suggests she is the Hora of Spring. [6]She stands in a controposto pose, similarly to Venus as she seems relaxed and joyful that Venus has arrived. Profile portrait of a young woman (probably Simonetta) (between 1475 and 1480) by Sandro Botticelli, depicting Italian noblewoman Simonetta Vespucci; Workshop of Sandro Botticelli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons More clearly in the Latin Florentia ("flowering") than in the Italian Firenze. This was a Roman imperial rename, the city having originally been Fluentia, for its two rivers. Hemsoll, 13:40; Hartt, 333