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Venus the Goddess of Love. Botticelli's painting of The Birth of Venus was painted in 1480s. The painting depicts the Goddess emerging from the foaming seas on a seashell. She was blown by Zephyrus, God of the wind, and the gentle breeze of Aura. She is coming ashore on the island of Cythera, where she is greated by one of the Horae, Goddess of the Seasons.
The Birth of Venus is such a special painting to me. My mom when she was my age got told that she resembled Venus on the Half-Shell, I have also gotten this compliment. I cherish this painting not only because she is beautiful and the Goddess of Love, but my and my mom can share this together. I can only hope to spread love in all the aspects of my life.
Hi Jamie-
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing about you sending us this Botticelli masterpiece is that, just about a week ago, I found the same large format public domain image at Wikipedia and downloaded it too.
That is funny. I wanted to get the story behind her and that is why I posted it here.
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