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Venus and Mars

I would like to start off my first post for this blog Sandro Botticelli's Venus and Mars. I remember this painting in my Renaissance Art History class in I was in university. When I first saw this painting, I was surprised to see Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, fully clothed in a dress of the Italian Renaissance because usually I see her with little to no clothing at all. I was also surprised to see Mars without his armor being the Roman god of war. To me, it's like a personification of love conquers war.

    
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Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Year: 1483
Medium: Tempura
Dimensions: 2'3" x 5'8"
Movement: Early Renaissance





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