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- 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.
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Here are some fresh bloopers from 2008. These have been anonymously contributed to arttrav and compiled by yours truly.
Shrew Businessmen and Compliant Women: the gender roles of happy contigues in renaissance art.
Way back in the Renaissance, things were different for women, but not different enough. As men created the Renaissance, therefore it was then dedicated to the focus and domination of men. Read more…
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The History of Renaissance Art, Student Style (The best of the 2005-6 school year)*
*for privacy purposes, of course this is totally anonymous…
PAINTING
The history of Renaissance art starts with Giotto.
Giotto’s figures all look different, unlike in Cimabue and Duccio, whose angels look like Oompa Loompas.
[See for yourself if this is a good comparison...]
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