Italian scholars and critics began studying the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. ... Italians especially, recaptured the former glory of Rome. ... Botticelli's Venus is so stunning that the viewer does not notice the unusually elongated looking neck due to the steep fall of Venus" shoulders and the queer way in which her left arm is hinged to the body. ...
As time passed this artistic movement spread across Italy to Venice and Rome, and by the Sixteenth century the rest of Europe. ... Here Botticelli passionately tries to recapture the former glory of Rome, because the classical myths had become popular among educated laymen. ... Simply as a side note: Venus was conceived when the Titan Cronus castrated his father, the god Uranus, the severed genitals falling into the sea and fertilizing it. ...
Also, The Great Papal Schism divided and denigrated papal prestige for over forty years, when two popes were elected for the same position in two different areas: Rome and Avignon, France. ... He explains to Franciscus that falling in love caused him to neglect the original passions of his own life. ... So, it is more important to intellectually improve yourself, than it is to fall in love. ...
Botticelli spent the majority of his life in Florence, but did make a visit to Rome, where he painted wall frescoes in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican (World Art, 584). ... All around them roses are falling, each with a golden heart in the center of the flower. ...
