Sandro Botticelli: The Birth of Venus
A masterpiece of its time—remarkable enough to impact art for hundreds of years after its own creation—The Birth of Venus established Botticelli as an icon of Renaissance art. The first secular painting to incorporate nudity, the image was controversial both for its content and its support, as it was a rare painting on canvas rather than the more prestigious paneled wood of the period.
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A masterpiece of its time—remarkable enough to impact art for hundreds of years after its own creation—The Birth of Venus established Botticelli as an icon of Renaissance art. The first secular painting to incorporate nudity, the image was controversial both for its content and its support, as it was a rare painting on canvas rather than the more prestigious paneled wood of the period.
