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| The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, 1884 |
DESCRIPTION
This painting is named The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. It was made in 1484 and is 68 x 109.5 inches. It was made by tempera on a canvas. It is a tells a mythological story and it is horizontal. I see a man, some women, an oyster, cattails, water, trees, and flowers. Lines are everything from straight, to curved, to diagonal. Looking at this painting i see triangles, circles, and rectangles. The colors in this painting are real subdued. There is no really saturated colors, but some are more saturated than others. It is wet from the water, hard and smooth from the oyster shell, fuzzy from the cattails, and warm and soft for the peoples skin. There is good use of value in this painting. There is just enough for the figures to show, but not to much so that they are overly noticeable. There isnt a ton of open space in this painting, but there is plenty of it.
ANALYSIS
There are some straight lines, then there are more smooth lines too. The shapes are mostly round like circles. The texture is smooth. The color is nicely blended form warm to cold. The value is good with all the shading. The space and depth is more close up, there isnt much stuff in the background. The rhythm of colors and texture is perfectly balanced.
INTERPRETATION
A woman is getting surrounded by 2 angels and a woman with a cloth. He is trying to say that there are people that will help you when needed.
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