ART HIST 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sandro Botticelli, Villa Farnesina, Museo Del Prado
11 Apr 2018
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Sandro botticelli, birth of venus, 1485, tempera on canvas. Venus is arriving in this work, but she is also immobile. Hair shows the wind is either catching or moving her. Raphael, galatea, sala di galatea, villa farnesina, rome, italy, 1513. Both of the above share a watery foreground with a dominant woman as the core of the image. She is also in a shell, but her ship as well as herself in motion. Raphael, madonna in the meadow, 1505, oil on wood. Leonardo, portrait of mona lisa, oil on wood, 1503-1517. Varnish is applied after it is finished painting. The louvre does not clean the varnishes, so it gives off a yellowish tint. Vacant wall in the sale carr , louvre, 1922. Mona lisa was stolen by an italian that believed the work was rightfully italian. The other mona lisa, prado museum, madrid. Copy of mona lisa made when the mona lisa was still in leonardo"s studio.
