Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli Take a look at this description of the painting that explains some of the other images we see: http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/venus/

Wasn't it Botteceli? (spelling is not my strong point?

Sandro Botticelli 1) "The Birth of Venus is the myth of how Venus was born out of the waves of the sea, after Uranus was castrated by his son, Cronus. His severed genitals, falling into the sea, fertilized the water. It has been portrayed and referenced by many artists, painters and writers, the former typically portraying not the actual birth, but the moment where, transported by a shell (a metaphor for the female vulva), Venus lands at Paphos in Cyprus. The Birth of Venus can refer to: - The Birth of Venus, a 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli - The Birth of Venus, an 1879 painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau - The Birth of Venus, an 1863 painting by Alexandre Cabanel - The Birth of Venus, a book by Sarah Dunant The Birth of Venus may also be: - the theme of Venus arising from the sea in art; see Venus Anadyomene - the mythological event; see Aphrodite" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus 2) "Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello ("The Little Barrel"; March 1, 1445 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). Less than a hundred years later, this movement, under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, was characterized by Giorgio Vasari as a "golden age", a thought, suitably enough, he expressed at the head of his Vita of Botticelli. His posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting, and The Birth of Venus and Primavera rank now among the most familiar masterpieces of Florentine art." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Botticelli