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.
