Analytical Analysis of Sandro Botticelli Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus.
The Birth of Venus painted by Sandro Botticelli from 1484-1486, depicts the birth of Venus into the world. The painting shows Venus the goddess of love and beauty coming out of the sea as if she was coming into the human world as a beautiful woman. She is nude in the painting covering one of her breasts with her right hand, her left hand holding her long blonde hair, which covers her pubic region. The nudity of Venus in this painting shows not the humility of the naked body but the exotericism of the female body. There are three other figures in the painting, two intertwined figures on the left side and a woman on the right standing on the shoreline. The woman on the shoreline is someone who is devoted to the goddess ready for her rebirth with a beautiful robe. The figures on the left are winged figures female and male their hair being blown back showing a sense of movement. They are blowing wind out of their mouths bringing a breeze to Venus that will move her from her shell to shores of land showing her birth into the human world. The female figure has her legs wrapped around the male figure in a way that seems almost impossible in real life.
Botticelli uses very linear lines in the birth of Venus all of the figures are on same plan going from one end to the other giving the painting a very linear feel. The lines of figures show movement in a very graceful way. He keeps the foreground, middle ground, and background in the same focal plane giving the painting a very deep depth of field. The colors that Botticelli uses are very warm and the colors are moderately saturated giving the colors a realistic value. There is a clear horizon line and coastline that doesn’t seem to fit very well as if it was just placed there to symbolize a coastline. Botticellis use of lines in his figures and details give a very clear description of what they are creating.
The way that Botticelli has set up his figures and the way he
The Birth of Venus painted by Sandro Botticelli from 1484-1486, depicts the birth of Venus into the world. The painting shows Venus the goddess of love and beauty coming out of the sea as if she was coming into the human world as a beautiful woman. She is nude in the painting covering one of her breasts with her right hand, her left hand holding her long blonde hair, which covers her pubic region. The nudity of Venus in this painting shows not the humility of the naked body but the exotericism of the female body. There are three other figures in the painting, two intertwined figures on the left side and a woman on the right standing on the shoreline. The woman on the shoreline is someone who is devoted to the goddess ready for her rebirth with a beautiful robe. The figures on the left are winged figures female and male their hair being blown back showing a sense of movement. They are blowing wind out of their mouths bringing a breeze to Venus that will move her from her shell to shores of land showing her birth into the human world. The female figure has her legs wrapped around the male figure in a way that seems almost impossible in real life.
Botticelli uses very linear lines in the birth of Venus all of the figures are on same plan going from one end to the other giving the painting a very linear feel. The lines of figures show movement in a very graceful way. He keeps the foreground, middle ground, and background in the same focal plane giving the painting a very deep depth of field. The colors that Botticelli uses are very warm and the colors are moderately saturated giving the colors a realistic value. There is a clear horizon line and coastline that doesn’t seem to fit very well as if it was just placed there to symbolize a coastline. Botticellis use of lines in his figures and details give a very clear description of what they are creating.
The way that Botticelli has set up his figures and the way he