Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

Exhibited at Galleria degli Uffitzi, Florence, 1482
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Opinion: I love the Botticelli women. In this work, Venus is an ideal, serene, fluid goddess. Her copper hair ripples with the wind as her sinuously curved body stands on a shell. Botticelli’s ability to make art into poetry is what distinguishes him from other artists. 

Theory: The Birth of Venus was painted by Botticelli during 15th century Italy at the start of the Renaissance. It shows a stunning nude Venus standing on a shell and a god trying to keep her beauty from being covered up. Botticelli’s figures are ideally perfect and show little emotion. The background is unimportant with no perspective- everything takes place in the foreground. He seems to have ignored all of the mathematical and scientific knowledge artists had gained in their pursuit to comprehend the rational world favor of a poet, elegant, and beautiful style all his own. (Gardner, Page 615)