The Birth of Venus in current … “art?”

Birth of “venus”?

Winning the “what the heck is that” prize in the ”Horrible modern references to Renaissance art” category… this really awful photomontage on canvas on display on a street in Orvieto.

The “artist” has truly NOT captured the spirit of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus with this naked lady’s fluttering long hair extension that demurely reveals her C-cup breasts as she magically rides waves on a BOAT, with a life-saving ring at her feet. Further congratulations to the “artist” for totally isolating the central figure of Botticelli’s painting, thus removing it completely from its humanist context.