Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c. 1482. Botticelli, Mystical Nativity, 1500.
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Transcript of Botticelli and The Birth of Venus
“BIRTH of VENUS”by
SANDRO BOTTICELLIYeah, that’s two “T”s and two “L”s
Sandro Botticelli
Original Name :Alessandro Filipepi
Born 1445-1457
Goldsmith under Botticello
Painter’s Apprenticeunder Fra Filippo Lippi
Renaissance Timeline (1430s - 1560s)
Michelangelolives to be 89!
WTF does this guy eat?
Map of Italy
LiguriaSimonetta Vespucci
born here
PratoFra Fillippino Lippi
lived and worked here
Florence
RomePainted Sistine Chapel
“He that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” (cf, St. Luke xiv,11 and xviii,14; St. Matthew xxiii,12).
“All roads lead to Rome”
“Death will find me Alive”
Italian Proverbs are the best!
Sandro Botticelli Timeline - (mid-high Renaissance)
dates of paintings from artble.com
Botticelli’s Paintings compared to the averageheight for man in the United States
US Average male height (age 20+) = 5 ft 9.5 in / 176.3 cm*
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height
Venus / Aphrodite
Zephyr
Chloris / Chloe
Hora, The Hours
Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italyhttp://www.googleartproject.com/museums/uffizi
Gilding on the “Birth of Venus”because Botticelli was a goldsmith, of course
various details throughout are made with gold leaf mixed with an oil-based substance.
“Venus de Medici”
Botticelli’s “Venus”
Notice anysimilarities
here?
“Capitoline Venus”
Villa de CastelloVilla de Castello
Simonetta VespucciGenoese wife of Marco Vespucci of
Florence born in Liguria, Italy in 1454
Was in Medici family’s circle of friends
La San Pareille“The unparalleled one”
La bella Simonetta“The Queen of Beauty”
Died at 22 in 1476, 8-9 years before “Birth of Venus”
Botticelli requested to be buried next to her.
Impossible Pose& Anatomy
center of gravity
malproportionedtorso
elongated neck
she should be fallingthis direction
“The Birth of Venus” and “La Primavera”companion piece to each other?
€ 0.10
.6424 Euros = 1 USD
Italian Euro Coins
POP CULTUREREFERENCES
YouTube - Monty python venus animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLlJfGybBcc&feature=fvwrel
“Monty Python’s Flying Circus”1970s British comedy show that originally aired on BBC
Dancing Venus
This showis dope!
This showis dope!
Adobe Illustrator 1 - 10splash screen and icons
Adobe is the new “Microsoft” ... because software bugs are “features” too
4.1 5.5
6.0 7.0
8.0 9.0
10.01.1
1.6
3.0
Andy WarholDetails of the Renaissance Series (by this exploitative asshole)
“Venus”1984
“The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”1988 British adventure comedy film
Uma Thurman plays as Venus in this Terry Gilliam production
"The Last Temptation of Homer" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' fifth season
Homer Simpson has an infatuation with Mindy, a new worker at Springfield
Nuclear Power Plant, and, upon meeting her, imagines her as Venus in
Sandro Botticelli's painting.
Originally aired on December 9, 1993.
If you don’t like The Simpsons, then you’re un-American
2006 Winter OlympicsTorino, Italy
Re-enactment of “Birth of Venus”
MORE REFERENCES&
RE-ENVISIONING
Lena Sotskova
Isabel Samaras“Birth of Ginger”
James Kinserperformance artist
Patrick Nicholas
Josh AgleSantini Workshop
Italy
Better boobs thanthe original spherical ones
FINIS