Birth Of Venus By Botticelli And Child Enthroned With Saints By Duccio

Various pieces of art found thousands of years ago depict characters based on certain events and legends. I will be analyzing two works of art: The Sound Box of the Great Lyre, a wooden music box (33 x 11 cm) found in present-day Iraq c. 2600-2500 BCE, and Lapith Fighting a Centaur, a high metope relief (1.42 m) on the side of the Parthenon in Ancient Greece c. 447-432 BCE. The former represents a bull with a low relief under its head, depicting animals mimicking the lifestyle of humans. The latter exemplifies a nude man struggling against a mythical creature that is half-man half-horse2. Although these works are from across the world with completely different cultures, they both have similar

This essay aims to investigate two different time periods in the history of art. It will scrutinize the influence that the respective societal contexts had on the different artists, which in turn, caused them to arrange the formal elements in a specific way. I will be examining an Egyptian sculpture of the god Isis nursing Horus, her son, as well as the Vladimir Virgin icon, which dates from the Byzantine era. Experts vary on the precise ‘lifetime’ of the Ancient Egyptian civilization, but according to Mason (2007:10) it existed from 3100 BCE up to 30 BCE. The Byzantine era, which

The two works of art that I have chosen is the painting The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and the poem Stanze per la Giostra by Angelo Poliziano. The Birth of Venus was created between 1484 and 1486 by Sandro Botticelli. It was created in the early Renaissance period and is currently located in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Stanze per la Giostra was written between 1475 and 1478 by the Renaissance poet Angelo Poliziano. Its current location is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, although it is currently not on display. The Birth of Venus and Stanze per la Giostra share many similarities as Stanze per la Giostra was Botticelli’s inspiration for creating The Birth of Venus. In The Birth of Venus, Botticelli has transformed Poliziano’s words into a beautiful work of art. These works of art share the theme of beauty. While Angelo Poliziano describes the beauty of the goddess Venus in his prose, Botticelli has captured her beauty with his delicate brush strokes. I will be comparing the theme of beauty between The Birth of Venus and Stanze per la Giostra as well as connecting it to contemporary standards of beauty.

This paper will compare the themes found in the paintings "Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an Angel" by Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini (Puligo) and "Madonna Enthroned" by Giotto. Both paintings deal with fables from the Christian faith but were executed during different periods in art. The Giotto painting was created around 1310 and the Puglio painting was executed between 1518 – 1520. Here, these two paintings have similar themes both at the extreme beginnings and endings of the Italian Renaissance, and as such they serve to present an exceptional example of the developments in art that occurred within that time. This paper shall compare

Ancient art is pivotal to understanding the societies they came from. The subject, the methods used, and even the materials are all indicative of the culture and environment in which the art was produced. The Stela of Iku and Mer-imat and a marble statue of Venus exemplify this very idea. Both works act as windows to the mindset of the different cultures that contributed to their establishment.

The visual work I have chosen is the Bith of Venus and is one of the world’s most famous works of art. Painted by Sandro Botticelli between 1482 and 1485, it is the first example of painting on canvas. The written work I have chosen is the Stanze per la Giostra. It was written by Angelo Poliziano, written between 1475-8. Both works are examples from the Italian Renaissance era, during the Medici rule, and share the theme of beauty and humanism. The works I've selected share the same subject matter, Venus, and is the perfect example of beauty and humanism. She is the epitome of beauty and her birth from the sea is an example of her metamorphosis of humanism. For this paper, I will compare both works then discuss how the shared theme is seen in contemporary works. How does Venus and her beautiful metamorphosis fit into contemporary forms of beauty and humanism?

Throughout history, people have used paintings and art as a tool to express their religious beliefs and values. Illustrations depicting the Virgin Mary and child, often referred to as Madonna and Child, are one of the most recurring images in Christian and European Art through the ages. Though these paintings and sculptures may have similarities in their iconography and style each work of art varies based on the different artists’ and time periods. Two paintings that portray these features currently reside in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The first, Virgin and Child by Rogier van der Wyden, was originally painted after 1454. In the painting, the Virgin Mary is holding Christ against her shoulder as he twists around to face toward the viewers. The second painting is Virgin and Child with a Donor, painted by Antoniazzo Romano and originally painted c. 1480. In this painting, Virgin Mary is supporting Christ who seems to be standing and includes a figure of a man with his hands crossed in prayer. While both paintings depict the mother and child, there are both similarities and differences in style and portrayal. In this paper, I will thoroughly examine these traits, as well as address the similarities and differences associated with the two paintings. This analysis will be done by using information gained from reading Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, in class lectures from ARTH 1381 Art and Society Renaissance to Modern and ARTH 1300 Ways of Seeing Art, and close visual

Venus of adonis was painted by Tiziano Vecellio and dates back to A.D 1400-1600. He was one of the greatest italian renaissance painter and he was recognized as a great painter early in his life. He was a master of the oil medium and a supreme colorist. Many of his paintings represent either religion, antiquity and/or beauty. In his painting of Venus and Adonis it was inspired by a tale called Ovid’s Metamorphoses and therefore was called poetry in paint, also known as poesie (The MET). The painting portrays the goddess Venus has fallen in love with Adonis. The goddess Venus is trying to hold back Adonis because she does not want him leaving, since he is a hunter. While the goddess Venus is trying to hold Adonis back, his dogs are

The visual work that will be included is the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus was created in 1486, it is a tempera on canvas and measure roughly 5ft x 9 ft. It represents the story of the birth of Venus, the Roman goddess of Love. She was born from the seafoam and blown across the ocean by Zephyrus in a seashell. She epitomizes the beauty standards of this time, beautiful, soft and voluptuous. Botticelli used two different approaches in style when painting Birth of Venus. The characters in the foreground represent the chiaroscuro style of painting, adding light and dimension to the focal point of the piece while the background remains flat and uninteresting. Although there is a lack of perspective in Botticelli’s work, it does not take away from its overall appeal. (MindEdge, 7.07) The art was commissioned by a member of the Medici family and currently resides at the Galleria degli Uffzi in Florence, Italy. ("Birth of Venus | artble.com," 2017)

Both of these works were created during the Italian Renaissance. Birth of Venus during the Early Renaissance when Humanist and Neoplatonic ideas were emerging and Galatea during the High Renaissance when those ideas were already in full swing. During the Renaissance there was a greater sense of self and although Christianity was still a major part of society not all art depicted Christian subjects. It was a time of civic pride, reminiscent of the Athenian republic under Pericles, where wealthy patrons would commission work from artists to adorn their churches and personal properties. Both of these works are examples of that. Birth of Venus was believed to be commissioned for the wealthy De' Medici family and Galatea for the wealthy Agostino

The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli, which she painted during the time of the Florence Renaissance era. Botticelli used and depicted human body features in her art; by doing this, she created a much more realistic and human-like painting. The painting was originally done for the Medici family. A creation painted of tempera on canvas, The Birth of Venus is a work of the Renaissance, but does not contain or depict the typical images found during that particular era. Because this work by Botticelli stood out, many Florentines wanted to become the owners of this work, making it popular during this time period (Botticelli’s Birth of Venus).

As we know, what constitute art are learned behaviors that are influenced by class, gender, race, geography, and economic status, as well as by education (p. 19). Thus, keeping within its cultural context and time--the Neolithic and early Bronze Ages--the Figure of a Woman… represents a female of the Ancient Greece and the Aegean world. Yet, this figure conforms to the template of modern sculpturing.

This article provided new information about Marian reliefs that I had never considered, before. In Johnson’s writing, she describes the role of Marian relief sculptures in fifteenth century Italy. The most interesting aspects of these sculptures was the role they played in worship and marital rituals. In this essay, I will discuss Johnson’s writings about the necessity of naturalistic sculptures and Marian reliefs’ part in these rituals.

At first glance, Robert Poussin 's Birth of Venus or Triumph of Neptune is chaotic, unlike other paintings coming from Italy in the 1630s. Venus is emerging from the ocean on a seashell, Neptune is riding in on the left side of the painting on a chariot pulled four hippocampi, and all the while, putti and other Roman gods and goddesses parade and frolic across the canvas. They wave cloth about in revelry all around Venus. Neptune and Venus compose the same space in the image, each with one third dedicated to them. Who is more important, or should the focus be on neither of them, but the gods and goddesses in the final third of the painting? Does this make The Birth of Venus chaotic? Is it possible that Poussin had a very intricate plan backing this work, or is The Birth of Venus simply him breaking the typically steadfast planning common in the Italian Baroque period? Poussin does both at the same time, in style and in subject matter.

In one his most important works called ‘Primavera” which featured Venus, the “Goddess of Love” in a garden scene. (Grendler, pg. 102). One of Botticelli’s most well-known art pieces is “The Birth of Venus” which Botticelli painted in the year 1484. It features Venus rising out of the sea standing on a shell in the nude surrounded by angels. The inspiration for this piece may have been based on a poetry piece by Florentine poet Angelo Poliziano. The theme of the painting, the birth of love, may cause many historians to believe that this painting was created for a wedding. (Grendler, pg. 103). By the time of Botticelli’s death in 1510, he was penniless and forgotten but his style was widely imitated by other artists.