The Birth Of Venus By Sandro Botticelli

"The Birth of Venus" is a famous painting created by Sandro Botticelli between the years 1482 and 1485. The painting is inspired by Roman and Greek Mythology. The painting shows a naked young woman with long red hair standing on a massive seashell. The girl standing on the shell is mostly likely Venus, the goddess of love. This is because she is the focal point of the painting. To the right of Venus is another young lady draped in a billowing white gown and she is holding a red blanket. The maiden's gown has some simple floral designs on it. To the left of Venus is a man with angel wings holding a woman while hovering over the water approaching Venus. The couple is intertwined with a long blue piece of cloth. The colors used in this painting
However, the painting does leave a lot to the imagination. Venus is standing on an unusually massive seashell that appears to have ''risen'' up from the ocean. This makes it seem like Venus has risen up out of the ocean on this shell. She is also naked which makes since for someone who had just been created because people are not born wearing clothing. However, it is odd that she is a full grown woman instead of a child. It seems that the young lady to the right of her was almost expecting her arrival and is holding a red blanket to cover Venus's naked body. While to the left of her are two angels that are tossing up flowers almost as if they are celebrating her arrival. The lighting in the painting is bright and happy as if nature its self is welcoming Venus. Even angels have appeared to welcome her arrival. There is a male and female angel intertwined with each other throwing little pink
Some good comparisons are Primavera, which was also done by Botticelli. This painting was done very similar to The birth of Venus because all of the women in the painting have long red hair. Most of the women are wearing very sheer gowns. The same maiden that is in The Birth of Venus painting is also in Primavera, wearing the same gown. The women holding the red blanket looks like she might be Venus. She also appears to be the focal point in Primavera. This painting also has nude angels in it. The women in both of the painting's have very fair skin. Another painting that is similar to The Birth of Venus is The Creation of Adam created by Michelangelo Buonarroti in the year of 1512. Both of these paintings have goddesses in them and have a very magical "feel." Of course, the people are also naked like Venus is in Botticelli painting. However one of the main differences is that the focal point in Michelangelo's painting is two males instead of a female. Both of the paintings use very dull washed out