3dRose Botichelli The Birth of Venus 1485 famous classic art by Italian masters - Greeting Cards, 6 x 6 inches, set of 12 (gc_162552_2)

so this is a mini lecture on the subject of Botticelli's painting known as The Birth of Venus and I shall be discussing with you what the painting is really about this is the painting it is a very very well known painting which is why I'm discussing it but I want to give some indication of the range of ways a painting like this can be discussed it's a celebrated work of art it is the high point of a visit to the UBC gallery in Florence it is a major tourist attraction it's in the biggest room it has the biggest crowd in front of it there's more to it than that it's also famed as a cultural icon and a commercial asset they often see the image called upon for all kinds of merchandise from t-shirts to garden ornaments and then it's renowned as a landmark of European art but we can examine this bathing in other ways too and I'm going to do so in relation to a series of specific questions so