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Yes, I'd like to donate Or. I've read and agree to the terms and conditions. Toggle fullscreen Zoom out. Venus and Mars Sandro Botticelli. Scroll down. More paintings by Sandro Botticelli. Showing 6 of 14 works. Adoration of the Kings. Sandro Botticelli and Filippino Lippi. Images showing the Adoration of the Kings were particularly important in Florence, where the citizens celebrated Epiphany — the feast which commemorated the event — with costumed parades.
The shape and scale of this picture suggest that it was made as part of a piece of furniture. The vast entoura Room Sandro Botticelli. It shows four scenes of his early life as a Christian, from his rejection of marriage to his ordination as Bishop of Florence. It can be read The infant Christ reaches up towards the Virgin Mary, oblivious of his visitors — the Three Kings on the left and the shepherds on the right.
The golden dome of heaven has opened up and is circled by 12 angels holding olive branches entwined with scrolls and hung with crowns. In the foreground, t Portrait of a Young Man. This apparently simple portrait of a young man was revolutionary in Italian painting. Until this moment, artists painted people either in profile view, so only half their face was visible, or by turning them three-quarters to face the viewer.
Here, Botticelli paints the boy head on, mapping his wh Saint Francis of Assisi with Angels. Orpheus and Eurydice.
Diana and Actaeon. Popular articles. It seems likely that Botticelli worked out the concept for the painting, with its learned allusions, with an advisor such as Poliziano , the Medici house poet and Renaissance Humanist scholar.
The exact date of Venus and Mars is not known, but the National Gallery's dated the painting to "c. All dates depend on analysis of the style, as the painting has not been convincingly tied to a specific date, such as a wedding. It likely comes a few years after the Primavera and Pallas and the Centaur both about and around the time of The Birth of Venus c. It is the only one of these paintings not in the Uffizi in Florence ; it has been in the National Gallery in London since Check out the full Wikipedia article about Venus and Mars Botticelli.
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Arty Fact The childlike creatures surrounding the deities are baby cupids represented as satyrs, which are half-human half-goat creatures. The painting depicts a Greco-Roman myth about the love of the goddess of love and god of war. Catalog Number. Credit Line. The audience looking at this painting would have been well aware of what the satyrs signified. The satyr in the bottom right hand corner of the painting has attracted some attention in the art history world, because of the curious fruit under his hand.
It has been suggested by art historian David Bellingham that this is datura stramonium, a hallucinogen, and that Mars is in fact in a drugged sleep. Experts at Kew Gardens in London, have confirmed that the plant is indeed datura.
However, the interpretation and significance of this are still being discussed. Since the fruit in the Bible is not named as an apple, there may be a Biblical reference here, with an attempt to remind the audience of Adam and Eve — note that Venus is actually modestly dressed.
The key point is that like many paintings, this one has layers of meaning and is open to many different interpretations. The couple are lying among myrtle trees. The myrtle was the tree of Venus, and was considered an especially strong aphrodisiac; Roman brides would carry myrtle in their bridal bouquets.
There is also a laurel bush — laurel was the symbol of the Medicis in Florence so this may be a subtle nod in their direction.
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