Your Monday Muse #1

“The Birth of Venus” by Italian artist Sandro Botticelli (c.1484)

I remember sitting alone on the floor of the Botticelli room at Uffizzi Gallery in Florence, Italy while the museum was essentially closed (one of the many perks of studying abroad). Nearly 600 years after its creation, the newborn goddess still breezes in from the sea in her full glory of maidenhood as a lady-in-waiting rushes to cover her nudity. Venus is a representation of divine love.

    Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" is the first artwork chosen as Your Monday Muse, because this is the birth of our weekly art inspiration email, and because Renaissance art was my entry into art appreciation, AND because today happens to be my birthday! 

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