Botticelli's Venus Analysis
The birth of Venus is displayed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. But originally Botticelli was commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence, specifically Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici under the influence of his cousin Lorenzo de' Medici, close friend to Botticelli.
The painting depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea standing on a seashell, arriving at the seashore. On Venus' right is Zephyrus, God of Winds, he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae, Goddess of the Seasons, waits to receive Venus and spreads out a flower-covered robe in readiness for the Love Goddess' arrival.
Botticelli's Venus was the first large-scale canvas created …show more content…
Venus had two aspects: she was an earthly goddess whom produced and made humans aware or human physical love or she was the Heavenly goddess who inspired intellectual love in humans. It could be argued that when viewers looked at this artwork in the fifteenth century they would’ve looked at this painting in a way that their minds were lifted to the realm of divine love, spiritually and physically.
Botticelli was known to be the greatest poets of the line and the drawing. He is known for his exceptional technique and the fine materials used to accomplish the work. The Birth of Venus is the first example e in Tuscany of a painting on canvas. Moreover the special use of expensive alabaster powder, making the colors even brighter and timeless, is another characteristic that makes this work unique. …show more content…
Audience
• The audience at the time for the birth of Venus, was not so much an audience but for individuals in which privately commission by Lorenzo di Medici his artwork to be made.
• The style of the classical subject matter was something that would have interested the wealthy Florentines who patronized this type of work. However, it would not have appealed to all people, including those who disliked the Medici family.
World
• The theme of the Birth of Venus was taken from the writings of the ancient poet, Homer. According to the traditional account, after Venus was born, she rode on seashell and sea foam to the island of Cythera.
• The nudity of Venus has a link to Eve in the Garden of Eden. This has led some commentators to speculate whether Venus is a personification of the Christian Church. It is a fact that in acient times that the title of the Virgin Mary was "stella maris": star of the sea. Perhaps Botticellis was only trying to make a statement but this statement caused chaos in the
The painting depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea standing on a seashell, arriving at the seashore. On Venus' right is Zephyrus, God of Winds, he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae, Goddess of the Seasons, waits to receive Venus and spreads out a flower-covered robe in readiness for the Love Goddess' arrival.
Botticelli's Venus was the first large-scale canvas created …show more content…
Venus had two aspects: she was an earthly goddess whom produced and made humans aware or human physical love or she was the Heavenly goddess who inspired intellectual love in humans. It could be argued that when viewers looked at this artwork in the fifteenth century they would’ve looked at this painting in a way that their minds were lifted to the realm of divine love, spiritually and physically.
Botticelli was known to be the greatest poets of the line and the drawing. He is known for his exceptional technique and the fine materials used to accomplish the work. The Birth of Venus is the first example e in Tuscany of a painting on canvas. Moreover the special use of expensive alabaster powder, making the colors even brighter and timeless, is another characteristic that makes this work unique. …show more content…
Audience
• The audience at the time for the birth of Venus, was not so much an audience but for individuals in which privately commission by Lorenzo di Medici his artwork to be made.
• The style of the classical subject matter was something that would have interested the wealthy Florentines who patronized this type of work. However, it would not have appealed to all people, including those who disliked the Medici family.
World
• The theme of the Birth of Venus was taken from the writings of the ancient poet, Homer. According to the traditional account, after Venus was born, she rode on seashell and sea foam to the island of Cythera.
• The nudity of Venus has a link to Eve in the Garden of Eden. This has led some commentators to speculate whether Venus is a personification of the Christian Church. It is a fact that in acient times that the title of the Virgin Mary was "stella maris": star of the sea. Perhaps Botticellis was only trying to make a statement but this statement caused chaos in the