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Similarities Between The Birth Of Venus And Dejeuner Sur L Herbe
In the two paintings, “The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticell and “Dejeuner sur l'herbe” Edouard Manet there are obviously similarities but the history behind each painting is different. These paintings were painted by two different artist and two different generations. Even though these two paintings are painted in two different generations the have multiple similarities. The Birth of Venus was inspired by Lorenzo. He had it set to verse by one of his favorite humanist poets, Angelo Poliziano. Botticelli's most famous paintings represents not a Christian legend, but a classical myth - the Birth of Venus. Roman mythology says Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. She was the Roman counterpart to the Greek Aphrodite.
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