Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus Shell Goddess Renaissance Poster
Venus arrives on her scallop shell as Zephyr blows roses across the sea. Botticelli’s icon, painted about 1485, is luminous and eternal.
Description
The Birth of Venus (about 1485) shows the goddess standing on a giant shell, wind gods at left scattering blossoms, a nymph waiting with a flowered cloak at right. Botticelli's flowing line and dreamlike grace made it the emblem of the Renaissance. A transcendent centerpiece.
