Summary Of The Birth Of Venus By Sandro Botticelli

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Botticelli is one of the painters of the Early Renaissance; the age between the 14th and the 17th centuries which is considered as the bridge between the Middle age and the modern history. His painting, including The Birth of Venus, are influenced by the cultural movement during that era and one must use Principle 6, the study of literature within the concept of culture, to understand it better. The term Renaissance means rebirth and it is used to mark an era of broad cultural achievement as a result of renewed interest in the classical art and ideas of the Ancient Greece and Rome. During this era, there are abundance of paintings painted that were influenced by the Greek and the Roman motives. The Renaissance had revived the ancient forms and contents by borrowing the subjects from the Greek and Roman mythology into their paintings. In the painting, we can see that Venus being pushed by the winds that is personified by Zephyrus and Chloris on the left, and she is standing on the seashell, almost reaching the shore where there Pomona is waiting to wrap her naked body. All the figures in the painting are floating which is a difference from the usual Renaissance style where the paintings are usually painted based on the real naturalism. However, in The Birth of Venus, Botticelli has created something that is different from what can be usually found in Renaissance paintings which suggests that Botticelli has been taking ideas from the Greek vase paintings which usually had the figures floating on air and implements it into his