Non Western Blog
Non-Western Blog! The pieces I chose today are artworks I found while looking through 'Greek Paintings,' I wanted to explore more thoroughly the types of paintings I see most often in movies, media, or in daily life that I don't actually know much about. I like to focus on paintings throughout this course as I used to paint all the time and it's one of my favorite forms of art. The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, mid-1480s " This is a work of tempera on canvas. During this time, wood panels were popular surfaces for painting, and they would remain popular through the end of the sixteenth century. Canvas, however, was starting to gain acceptance by painters. " Source The Birth of Venus is such a beautiful piece to me. I love the color pallet, the scene depicted is very creative, and the patterns capture my attention. This is a fairly colorful piece with muted tones, greens, blues, pinks, reds, and browns. The Birth of Venus takes...