...century. The Renaissance as we call this movement changed the society and culture of Europe. The replacement of medieval ideas with the birth of modern principles changed the whole landscape of Europe and even the world as these ideas would gradually spread to other parts of the globe. It was particularly the Italian Renaissance which instigated these changes. It was when handful of humanists sparked off of what would be the one of the most remarkable revolutions. The Catholic Church started to shift away from being the center of the universe and began to be replaced by ideals such as secularism and individualism; a concept unheard of over the last 1000 years. This Renaissance movement were fueled by the people of Florence more so than any other nation. It was Florence which was the center of Renaissance and where it started off. With the discovery of ancient Roman and Greek manuscripts and art, the prosperous city of Florence soon became a mecca of culture and great achievements. It was in early stages of the Renaissance when the son of a goldsmith, Sandro Botticelli created his most famous works; Primavera and The Birth of Venus. After his death, Botticelli’s masterpieces and his artworks’ importance were obscured and underestimated for nearly 400 years before scholars grasped the importance of his work; primarily Primavera and The Birth of Venus and how it played a vital role in the Renaissance movement. Sandro Botticelli in the courts of the Medici created these masterpieces...
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...Andy Warhol’s piece titled Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) represents the face of the goddess Venus. This piece was made in 1984 as a depiction of the face of Venus from the earlier painting The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli that was completed in 1482. The piece’s present location is the Arkansas Arts Center, and its original location is the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The piece is acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, and it can only be seen from one side because it is hanging on the wall. The work is a colorful representation of the face of the goddess Venus as depicted earlier in The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. However, Warhol uses more colors in his work. Venus’s face...
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...Throughout the 14th and 15th centuries there has been many famous paintings of the depiction of the roman Goddess of love, Venus. I have chose to compare and contrast Botticelli’s, “Birth of Venus” from the early renaissance and Titian's, “Venus of Urbino” from the high renaissance. Sandro Botticelli's painting, “Birth of Venus” and Titian's, “Venus of Urbino” both show the depiction of Venus through the use of hue, value and intensity of color and symbolism. Both compositions is a representation of Venus whom typically gives a sense of innocence and modesty. She is typically seen and known for her beauty. When looking at the "Birth of Venus," these characteristics show. Venus is given long luxurious hair and appealing facial features. There...
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...This paper will be focussing on the comparison between two paintings from the Renaissance period. The two paintings that will be discussed are The Birth of Venus by Sandro Boticelli and The Feast of the Gods by Giovanni Bellini. The comparison will be mainly based on the form of work that includes elements such as materials used, technique and colors, and also on the interpretations of the artwork. We will first look at Boticelli’s The Birth of Venus. It is probably considered to be Boticelli’s most famous piece of artwork. The painting is believed to have been produced between the periods of 1485-1486 (wikipaintings.org, 2013), making it from the Middle Ages Renaissance. He started the painting after being commissioned by the Medici family of Florence, Lorenzo di Pierfrencesco de Medici to be specific (Italian-renaissance-art.com, 2013). The painting portrays the birth of the goddess Venus, emerging from the sea as a fully grown women and being afloat on a seashell. The painting also shows a couple symbolizing the wing blowing her towards the shore. Venus is also seen to be greeted by a woman who seems to represent the spring. The painting is now displayed in Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. The Feast of the Gods by Giovanni Bellini was Bellini’s last great painting (Kren & Marx, 2013). It is among the very few paintings that he worked on canvas. The Feast of the Gods was completed in 1514 (National Gallery of Art, 2013) after being commissioned by the Duke of Ferrara...
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...Chris Madrid Assessment Prep 12/11/15 Abel Gonzalez A Modern Venus. Andy Warhol’s piece titled Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) represents the face of the goddess Venus. This piece was made in 1984 as a depiction of the face of Venus from the earlier painting The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli which was completed in 1482. The piece’s present location is the Arkansas Arts Center, and its original location is the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The piece is acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, and it can only be seen from one side because it is hanging on the wall. The work is just a recoloring of the face of Venus as depicted earlier in The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. However, while Warhol does use more colors in his work. For example, Venus’s face and neck are pink while her hair is black, red, orange, and yellow. The background is a solid light blue color. In Details of Renaissance Paintings, Venus’s face and hair are emphasized and the dominant elements are her hair because of the warm colors and her gaze. It honestly reminded me of the Sublime Sun. Warhol uses implied lines in the hair to direct viewers’ eyes. The lines direct viewers’ eyes to the right bottom, middle, and top because the strands are going in each of these directions. One bundle of hair goes down to the bottom of the piece on the left side close to her face. This bundle of hair brings some direction to the left side, but not...
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...a theme in each of these genres. Beauty can be illustrated in many different ways, and not everyone sees beauty the same way. Poets use their works to express a mental state. By using specific literary elements and words the reader can determine what they are feeling. Musicians use musical notes and beats as well as words, which allow them to express themselves. Artists use visual elements to represent a particular theme or emotion. Although all of these genres are different, they each contain a message and a theme. Beauty as a theme can be found in the eighteenth century poem “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron, in the twentieth century song “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” by Prince, and in the fifteenth century painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. Lord Byron is famous for his works in literature, especially his poetry. His journey to fame was full of obstacles. “Byron was born in London to a poor but noble family” (“Prepare to Read”). He used his writing as a way to express his feelings. At first his works were not accepted, but as he grew older he became famous for his romantic works. His first successful work was an epic poem called Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (“Lord Byron: Short Biography”). After writing this long poem he became known as a bold writer. “…His admirers insisted on associating him with the dark, brooding hero, impassioned by a cause, whom he so often described” (“Prepare to Read”). People...
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...FILIPEPI (b. 1445, Florence [Italy]--d. May 17, 1510, Florence), Florentine early Renaissance painter whose Birth of Venus (c. 1485) and Primavera (1477-78) are often said to epitomize for modern viewers the spirit of the Renaissance. His ecclesiastical commissions included work for all the major churches of Florence and for the Sistine Chapel in Rome. His name is derived from his elder brother Giovanni, a pawnbroker, who was called Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel"). Although he was one of the most individual painters of the Italian Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli remained little known for centuries after his death. Then his work was rediscovered late in the 19th century by a group of artists in England known as the Pre-Raphaelites. Born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi in Florence in 1445, Botticelli was apprenticed to a goldsmith. Later he was a pupil of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi. He spent all his life in Florence except for a visit to Rome in 1481-82. There he painted wall frescoes in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. In Florence, Botticelli was a protege of several members of the powerful Medici family. He painted portraits of the family and many religious pictures, including the famous The Adoration of the Magi. The most original of his paintings are those illustrating Greek and Roman legends. The best known are the two large panels Primavera and The Birth of Venus. The Adoration of the Magi 1470-75; Tempera on panel; 111 x 134 cm; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence...
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...The Birth of Venus The Uffizi Gallery, Florence In the 1480’s, Botticelli was commissioned by the Medici, who were interested in the Greek philosophies of Plato. Plato argues that our experiences of things in the material world are just copies of the forms that embody the true escence of something. In other words, we can experience something to a certain extent, but we can never truly experience the essence of anything. The Birth of Venus is Boticelli’s way of expressing the true escence of love and beauty. On the left is Zephyrus, god of Winds, carrying the goddess of the breeze, Aura. They can be seen blowing the goddess of Love, Venus, toward one of the Horae, goddesses of the seasons. This painting is very linear; all the figures are positioned on a single plane in the front. Although there is some depth to the painting, most of the details are focused on the figures and the items in the front. During the Renaissance, religious paintings were still very conservative in nature, but Botticelli decided to paint Venus nude. Venus is standing contrapposto with her hands covering parts of her body to show some modesty, but one is able to see her natural beauty in the way that he portrays her. The gold leaf in her hair and eyes adds to her appeal, along with her long hair and voluptuous qualities. Although this painting is inspired by Greek philosophy, it can be argued that Venus in this painting can be viewed as a symbol for Eve. At the time that The Birth of Venus was...
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...Aphrodite: goddess of love I am a big fan of the movie Troy and so many more movies around the 13th BC. I also can’t deny that Brat Pitt is another factor why I like that movie so much. I know the very basic details about the tragic story of Troy. I didn’t know that one of the famous goddess was also involved in this historical event. I only know about this piece of information while researching about all the goddesses in the Greek Mythology. Who was it that helped Paris in kidnapping Helen? In this short paper, I will talk about Aphrodite, goddess or beauty, love, and fertility. Frist of all, most of gods and goddesses had multiple incredible stories about how they were born. Aphrodite is no different. The most popular version of her birth is how she were form from the sea-foam after the genital of the sky-god Ouranos got castrated and fell into the ocean. "Out of the sea was rising lovely-crowned Kypris, foam-blossoms still upon her hair; and round her hovered smiling witchingly Himeros (Desire), and danced the Kharites (Graces) lovely-tressed"( Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 5. 72 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.), "STORIES OF APHRODITE 1 : Greek Mythology." STORIES OF APHRODITE 1: Greek Mythology. Web. 21 Mar. 2015. .) Another version is Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and Okeanis Titanis Dione. We all love the first version of her story much better because it sounded a lot more unbelievable and almost impossible. It is mythology after all, the more of an outrageous...
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...Notes Muhurta (Electional Astrology) B. V. RAMAN [pic] Contents • Chapter I. The Importance of Muhurtha • Chapter II. General Hints • Chapter III. The Birth Star and the Birth Moon • Chapter IV. Influence of Constellations • Chapter V. Special Adverse Yogas and their Neutralisation • Chapter VI. On Certain Special Yogas • Chapter VII. Pre-Natal Ceremonies • Chapter VIII. Post-Natal Ceremonies • Chapter XI. Marriage • Chapter X. Elections Concerning General Matters • Chapter XI. Elections Pertaining to Education • Chapter XII. House Building • Chapter XIII. Agriculture and Farming • Chapter XIV. Travel • Chapter XV. Medical Elections • Chapter XVI. Public Matters • Chapter XVII. Miscellaneous Elections • Chapter XVIII. Summary [pic] Chapter I The Importance of Muhurtha The value of Time is inestimable. All objects in nature are produced in Time, developed in Time and destroyed in Time. The truth of these statements requires no further proof. It stands unchallenged. Here we have a grand problem for solution. If the creative, protective and destructive forces are embedded in the all-Powerful Time recognised as the great KALAPURUSHA in the astrological literature, then will it not be reasonable to study the influences of the various energies issued from the solar globe and from the other globes dependent upon the Sun for their supply of all vital energies and reflected by...
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...were becoming very wealthy and power of some individuals reached to political circles. The Italian Renaissance focused on religion as well. Popes were very wealthy and almost like kings in another societies. Oftentimes, paintings reflected themes of the Classical times, and some artists nearly copied the forms of ancient Greek statues and artwork. Based on that Greek Roman influence was very important in Italian Renaissance. It showed a lot of religion and mythology. Over all probably the most beautiful art came out from that period. Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, fresco oil tempera, 1495- 1497 Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, fresco oil tempera, 1511 7. How does Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus reflect the then-popular Neoplatonist philosophy? The Birth of Venus by...
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...Venus of Urbino by Titian The painting is significant for its seductive pose, posy of roses in the right hand of the nude female and the resting dog on the right corner of the bed. The nude female is lying with a confidence which makes her even more charming. The painting was painted in 1538 by an Italian painter Titian who belongs to the High Renaissance era. Titian was the most important member of the 16th century Venetian school. He was the son of Gregorio Vecelli and his wife Lucia. Titian was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, taken from the place of the birth. Titian was one of the most versatile Italian painters, equally adept with portraits and landscapes (two genres that first brought him fame), mythological and religious subjects. Titian was known for his remarkable use of colors. Titian joined the workshop of Giovanni Bellini in Venice. However, it was through contact with Giorgione, who was also previously trained in Giovanni Bellini’s workshop, that he mainly developed his early style. He was also known as a painter of various profane subjects, in which he usually painted nude females to represent beauty and charm, his “ Venus of Urbino” is one them, which shows the goddess of love. These skills drew the attention of intellectually ambitious Italian dukes and aristocrats. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of color, would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of the...
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...The Body in Art- Explored Through Classical and Modern Traditions Artists have idealized, humanized, and celebrated the naked and nude human form over the centuries. From painting to sculpture, body art to performance art, the body has assumed a prominent role in the creative expression of nearly all cultures from the beginning of civilization. As a result, the human form is one of the most common subjects in art. Through art, the body becomes a site for defining individual identity, constructing sex and gender ideals, negotiating power, and experimenting with the nature of representation itself. The body is not always portrayed as it actually looks, and it may even be altered so much that it does not resemble a real human body at all. As stated by the authors of Gateways to Art, the reality of the body can be distorted to suggest great beauty, or to emphasize a myriad of qualities like power, status, wisdom, and even god-like perfection (DeWitte 554). Because there are so many ways the body can be depicted in art, it is important to understand the various motivations behind the creation of different styles. It's important to consider the tradition of the flawless classical god and goddess in painting and sculpture and how modern artists like Manet, Degas, Matisse and Picasso transgressed the established classical approach of depicting the human figure. The human body is essential to myth and storytelling, as it is the first reference point, the original source of sensation...
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...Primavera (Allegory of Spring) Botticelli Circa 1482 Background of Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) and his artwork Alessandro de Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, also is known as Sandro Botticelli. He was born in 1445, Florence, Italy and he was one of the Italian painters during Early Renaissance. In 1460, he learned painting from the Renaissance painter, namely as Fra Filippo Lippi. Botticelli was a talented painter and he was able to open a workshop at the age of 15. “Birth of Venus” and “Primavera,” both of that were his earliest artwork. The “Birth of Venus,” is the first mythological painting created by Botticelli and it has display as the Goddess Venus that explains her birth. Moreover, the “Primavera” the largest mythological work and it has a humanistic nature and translating the life-renewing cultural to society. The inspiration of the “La Primavera,” is from the influence of Gothic realism by Botticelli's study of the antique. During the World War Two, “Primavera” was moved to Montegufoni Castle. It was returned to the Uffizi Gallery where it remains to the present day. The painting being restored in 1982 and had darkened with time's cruel passage. Who is the target audience? Primavera, known as “Allegory of Spring,” is the greatest works at the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy. The origin of the painting is unclear, but we can detect the Primavera’s target audience by knowing the history of painting. The powerful families such as Medici family gave the funding of...
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...The Ringling Museum of Art amazingly displayed an exhibit specifically of the works of Paolo Veronese. The curator of the Paolo Veronese exhibit created four different rooms with different themes of Veronese. There was also a fifth room. However, within the fifth room, it displayed Venetian art that didn’t display Veronese’s art specifically. It displayed Venetian art in general. The first room was where the curator displayed of Veronese’s portraits. The room was filled of portraits, mostly of noble people. The color of the room was beige in color. The rooms lighting was bright. The whole room was bright in lighting and the curator had lights facing the portraits themselves. The lighting made the portraits stand out more to the viewers. All the paintings were mostly dark in color. Therefore, the lighting helped brighten up the paintings. The second room was filled with ancient mythologies and allegories. The room paint color was a dark red. The lighting of the room only reflected the paintings themselves. The lights weren’t to light up the room. The main focuses were the paintings. The people in the paintings were clothed in bright colors, such as oranges, reds, etc. The light hit the paintings to have it make the colors stand out more, creating a more beautiful nature of the paintings. Fabrics were on display in this room. For example, silks. The fabrics represented what he put in his paintings and how it resembled them. The third room displayed sacred...
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