when was the the birth of venus completed
The Birth of Venus by Bottecelli Continues to Inpire According to princeton.edu, one of the most legendary, and influential, paintings of all time remains The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. The painting was an original commissioned to Botticelli from the mighty de Medici family of Florence, Italy. The work shows the goddess, Venus, emerging from the ocean fully grown. She arrives on a large shell as a woman. The painting was completed in 1486. The Goddess of Love was one who was critical to both the world of humans and the realm of the gods. She emboldened the gods toward intellectual and spiritual love while spinning the web of physical awakening to the pleasures of physical love to humans.