The goddess perches upon a giant scallop shell, pale green waves lapping around her. Her long golden hair rustles in the wind as she is blown to shore upon her seashell vessel. She is nude, her body ...

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Like many famous artworks from the Italian Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus (1485) has a larger-than-life quality. The painting, which depicts the Roman goddess of beauty emerging ...

Botticelli’s iconic painting reshaped Renaissance art through its celebration of classical mythology and beauty. This episode explores the cultural, political, and philosophical influences that made ...

Two climate activists were arrested in Italy after covering Botticelli's masterpiece, "The Birth of Venus," with images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region. The activists stood in front of ...

“We ask the government to take concrete action to support communities affected by climate disasters,” the group said in its post. On its website, the group says it wants a permanent “repair fund” of ...

Two climate activists on Tuesday targeted Botticelli's masterpiece "The Birth of Venus" hanging at Florence's Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the ...

Protesters with the activist group Last Generation stand in front of Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus at Florence's Uffizi Gallery on February 13. Laura Lezza / Getty Images On Tuesday evening, ...

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