The art reflects humanist ideas because it is a series of scenes in which major characters in the bible show their humanity in their fault: Adam and Eve eating the apple and being expelled from the Garden of Eden, and Noah getting drunk. ... Rubens was one of the most famous and successful European artists of the 17th century, known for works of, The Descent from the Cross, Wolf and Fox Hunt and The Garden of Love. ...

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Since the family loved art, it is thought that they wanted Sandro Botticelli to create a painting with imagery based on the Venus' garden on Cyprus described by Angelo Poliziano in his poem Stanze per la Giostra. ... It thus appears that the Medici's love for artworks must have driven him to demand the marvelous painting from Sandro in order to satisfy his quest for remarkable artworks. ... It also happens to be borrowed from a poem that had been written for the Modeci and as a result appears to have been a wish for him to satisfy his love for the Ekpharasis literary form of art....

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