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The Birth Of Venus By Sandro Botticelli

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Neo-Platonism has made a major impact on renaissance art, by fusing of Greek philosophy and Christianity. This blending of cultures has created works of art that symbolize the Greek ideals of godliness, love, beauty, and truth. The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli was created in 1485, this piece of art is a great example of Neo-Platonism, because it shows the high regard for Greeks aesthetics as well as the Christians church belief of us all being made in god’s image and that true beauty is the work of god himself. The painting depicts a tall red headed woman nude, standing on a shell floating on the surface of a lake. To her right two angels one man one woman approach, while to her left a woman with a large rose colored sheet looks to be
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