Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus. c. 1485
a) Venus emerges fully grown from the foam of the sea; faraway look in her eyes.
b) Roses scattered before her; roses created at the same time as Venus, symbolizing that love can be painful.
c) Left: zephyr (west wind) and chloris (nymph)
d) Right: handmaiden rushed to clothe her.
e) Figures float, not anchored to the ground
f) Crisply drawn figures; pale colors.
g) Landscape flat and unrealistic, simple V-shaped waves.
h) A Medici commission.
