I am inspired by Botticelli because he had an interesting life, comprised of significant highs and lows involving his art. His hometown was Florence, Italy and his main focus was painting with an oil medium. He was the son of a tanner and people think there is a possibilty he trained as a Goldsmith before becoming an artist. His full name is Alessandro di Mariano Vanni Filipepi Botticelli, but was more commonly referred to as ‘Sandro Botticelli.’ By 15-years-old, he had his own studio, providing
Sandro Botticelli uses many different Art Principles in his painting The Birth of Venus, to show how his painting comes together to form this amazing piece of work. Each artist uses a different element or principle of art which helps bring their work to life. The Birth of Venus includes different principles, starting with the principle of Unity. I see Compositional Unity in this piece of art. I notice how Zephyr, the god of the west wind and another goddess, appear to be in a circular appearance
The Woman of Willendorf, Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, Jan Vermeer’s Woman holding a Balance and Paula Modersohn-Becker’s Self Portrait with Camellia each represent the female figure in their own specific and unique characteristics. Similarities and differences in the appearance, function, the variety of influences on each, and how their respective societies are reflected will be explained in detail. To begin with, The Woman of Willendorf was created out of limestone and measures at four and
Janeé Colin Artist Paper 1 My first assigned piece is the Primavera by Sandro Botticelli. This piece was made c. 1482, it’s Tempera on panel and its 80 in × 124 in. This painting is located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It was painted for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici, who was a cousin of the more well known, Lorenzo the Magnificent. Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco was a loyal patron of Botticelli; it is assumed that it was painted as a celebration of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco’s marriage
Renaissance visual arts pieces such as Sandro Botticelli with his painting the Birth of Venus, Raphael in School of Athens, and statue of David by Michelangelo. First, the Birth of Venus was painted by Botticelli for the Medici family. This painting is influenced most obviously by the subject of the painting itself. Venus was a Roman goddess for love and fertility, and the theme of the painting was influenced by the Greek writer Homer, where it was said that after Venus was born, she rode on a seashell
Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter. He was known as one of the most acclaimed painters in Italy during his lifetime. By the age of 15 Botticelli already had his own workshop. It helped form his unique artistic style. This style incorporated Neo-Platonism, which was a method that helped him appeal to many tastes by including Christianity and paganism in his works. Lorenzo de Medici was an Italian statesman and a ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Renaissance. Lorenzo de Medici was
Christianity. Both the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and Trinity with the Virgin by Masaccio have incorporated some of these values in the artwork. Although both are considered to be high pieces of art from this era, I believe Alberti would prefer Trinity with the Virgin over Birth of Venus because Birth of Venus doesn’t
Lin 1 Congcong Lin Linda Tien F-101 December 10, 2014 Compare and Contrast Paper: Museum Visit Andy Warhol’s piece by the name Details of Renaissance Paintings, that is, Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus 1482, displays the face of a goddess carefully represented (Beethe, 2). The piece of art was made in 1984 in an attempt to depict an earlier painting drawn over the same period. Currently, the piece is located in Arkansas Arts Centre with its original location being the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburg