classical studies
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What’s more iconic than Venus?
Birth of Venus is arguably one of the greatest pieces to come out of the Italian Renaissance. Botticelli painted her in the 1480s…peak renaissance. I can’t say I was wildly in love with this Venus as a young artist, I even avoided using it as a study because it’s so wildly anatomically inaccurate…but now I…
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Pink Gentileschi
Have you ever thought about the magical powers that creative folk can harness? Back in the day people associated deep meaning to those that had creative genius. This piece, called “Pink Gentileschi” is an ode to an ode. The figure is the personification of creative ability, the URGE to create rather than creation itself. I…