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    The Three Graces by Sandro Botticelli – An Artwork Analysis

    What does Sandro Botticelli say about the Graces?
    In Sandro Botticelli’s artistic renditions, the Graces are depicted as elegant and harmonious figures, often clothed in diaphanous robes or less frequently, presented nude to emphasize their divine nature. They are typically positioned close together, embodying the unity of their attributes.
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    How Botticelli’s Three Graces Changed Art History

    The symbolism of the Three Graces goes back to mythology. The poet Hesiod describes three goddesses: Aglaia (who represents radiance), Euphrosyne (representing joy), and Thalia (representing flowering). Together, they constitute an ideal of beauty and grace. They are thus inevitably close to Venus (also called Aphrodite), goddess of loveand beauty....

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    Renaissance was born in Florence, Italy, and extended from the 13th to the 16th century. This movement, of which Botticelli was one of the major figures, gave a special place to philosophy and humanism inherited from Antiquity. Many figures from Antiquity thus appear in the works of this period’s painters and sculptors. The School of Athensby Rapha...

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    The allegorical representation of spring (primaverain Italian), is without a doubt one of the works that marked art history the most. This sublime and complex composition was made for the wedding of a cousin of the Medicis, the most influential family in Italy at that time. At the center of the composition is Venus, a recurrent figure of Botticelli...

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    Even in the 20th century, the Three Graces stayed a popular subject among artists. The sculptress Niki de Saint Phalle, for example, represents them in her usual style: voluptuous and in movement. Few mythological figures are still as popular nowadays, and one can easily imagine that the undeniable success of Primaverafor centuries has something to...

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