“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