Increased awareness of classical knowledge created a new resolve to learn by direct observation and study of the natural world. ... The classical poets and mythologys were well known throughout the Middle Ages. During the Renaissance, the artist used these classical mythologys to glorify human actions rather than showing another Christian morality. ... They thought the mythologys were more than pretty fairy-tales but the conveyance of powerful wisdom of the ancient classical legends. ... It is a painting of Venus, the godess of love from ancient Greek mythology, rising from the sea. ...

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Here Botticelli passionately tries to recapture the former glory of Rome, because the classical myths had become popular among educated laymen. To these men, the mythology of the Greeks and Romans represented something more than captivating stories; they were convinced these classical legends must have contained some profound and mysterious truth. ...

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