Product Description
Titled 'La Femme,' the Neoclassical Pop Art artwork takes its cue from Sandro Botticelli's landmark painting "The Birth of Venus," created c. 1485 and now currently located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
Sandro Botticelli, 1445-1510, stands among the most significant Florentine Painters. Perhaps the most appreciated Italian show-stopper ever painted, The Birth of Venus is a milestone that defines the 15th century Italian Renaissance.
Its story begins with the Greek myth of Kronos and Uranus. In return, Venus, the Goddess of Love and beauty, rises as a fully formed mature woman from the foam of a cresting wave and is carried on a shell drifting to shore in Cyprus.
In Botticelli's telling, the mythological Greek gods of the winds blow Venus to the shore.
Venus is often linked to the model Simonetta Vespucci, celebrated across Florence as the very figure of feminine beauty.
From Venus' hairstyle to her divine glam, Botticelli's eye for feminine beauty, style and appeal has inspired Pop Culture artists including Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Lady Gaga and Beyonce.
Rooted in Plato's philosophy, Botticelli's Venus is an icon of love and a source of spiritual development and inner beauty, a reminder that contemplating beauty can lead the mind toward a meditative state of harmony and love.
Commissioned by the Medici Family, a major patron of Botticelli, the work is said to have hung above their marital bed, daring for the time, and it still makes perfect wall art to finish a bedroom, though Venus brings her blessings of love anywhere.
A collectible original artwork, made to be lived with. An original contemporary painting created by the Neoclassical Pop Art studio. Made for true art lovers, it is a collectible statement piece where the old masters meet pop culture.
- Creator : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Year of Creation : 2018
- Dimensions : 24"x 36"
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Movement & Style : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Hand-painted in oil on stretched canvas
