The Birth of Venus shows Venus riding upon a giant cockle shell, intently this focuses our attention directly towards her.

... The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli ca. 1482 Tempera on canvas Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510) was a Florentine painter. Almost all of Botticelli's life was spent in Florence. His genre of painting was based around mythological ideals and also religious subject matter. Botticelli painted in a highly personal style characterized by elegant execution, a sense of melancholy, and a strong emphasis on line; details appear as sumptuous still life's. His paintings like The Birth of Venus, were a great impact on the Humanist art movement. Humanism was a belief in human effort rather than religion, showing emphasis on education and the expansion of knowledge; focusing especially on classical antiquity.1 The Birth of Venus shows Venus riding upon a giant cockle shell, intently this focuses our attention directly towards her. Other figures in the painting include Zephyrus (the west wind) and the nymph Pomona. The painting is a mythological narrative which illustrates the birth of

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