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An 8 page paper which analyzes
elements of Botticelli’s paintings “Birth of Venus” and “Primavera.” Bibliography lists 9
sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAbott.rtf
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these men of science whose mission was to make the past live again, to translate Virgil, Homer, Hesiod and Pindar and to update them. These humanists were surrounded by their
disciples, the great thinkers and philosophers, and all these people lived together" (Anonymous Highlight: Sandro Botticelli: Biography, 2002; high_botticelli.html). We can note that during this time, and place, "Every day,
Lorenzo the Magnificent assembled these humanists and artists and, together, much like a literary society led by Prince Apollo, the art of Florence was created, and the humanists ideas were
then translated by the artists, painters, sculptors, goldsmiths and musicians" (Anonymous Highlight: Sandro Botticelli: Biography, 2002; high_botticelli.html). Botticelli was one of those clearly influenced by these times. In his
two most famous works, "Birth of Venus" and "Primavera" we see paintings that look at ancient mythology, offering images of those individuals who were firmly established in the minds of
the people. In the following paper we examine the various elements of Botticellis paintings, analyzing their meaning and importance, providing a very basic understanding of his paintings that should serve
to provide the student with a foundation from which they can work with their own visions of Botticellis work. Birth of Venus "Although this picture corresponds to
a passage in Polizianos La giostra Gombrich successfully adduced Ficinis interpretation of the mythical birth of Venus from the sea, which had been fertilized by the severed genitals of Uranus,
as an allegory of the birth of beauty in the mind of humanity through the fertilization of matter by divinity. Botticelli has turned the myth into an image of grace
and beauty likened to the traditional composition of the Baptism" (Hartt, 1994; p. NA). These myths, therefor, essentially put an image to the stories and legends of the people.
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