The Birth of Venus by Botticelli: Great Art Explained:

Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon, thanks! Or if you prefer a one off donation - Subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified! I would like to thank all my Patreon supporters, in particular Alan Stewart, Alexander Velser, David Abreu, Christa Sawyer, Griffin Evans, Jennifer Barnaby, Kibbi Shaw, Nicholas Siebenlist, Paul Ark, Pawel Juszczyk, Theresa Garfink, Tobias Haueise, Toni Ko, and Tyler Wittreich. Sandro Botticelli’s poetic sense of beauty captivated the Florentine court. But it was his subject matter which distinguished him from other artists. He was one of the first western artist since classical times to depict non-religious scenes, and Botticelli’s inclusion of a near life size female nude was revolutionary. “What a brilliant series this is“ - Stephen Fry on Twitter 12 December 2020 CREDITS SUBTITLES Thanks to Charles Xue for Chinese subtitles Thanks to Ludivine Desriac for French Subtitles Thanks to Bart Vergouwe for Dutch Subtitles. Thanks to Giuliana Tomio for Spanish Subtitles I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@ Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram and Behance ) All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. BOOKS Botticelli by Frank Zöllner Botticelli by Barbara Deimling Botticelli: Artist and Designer (Renaissance Lives) by Ana Debenedetti The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy, 3rd Edition by Peter Burke The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert Women in the Picture by Catherine McCormack FILM Rome footage Cyprus footage Florence crowd footage Bonfire footage Pope Leo XIII footage Villa Medici di Castello David footage Demonstration footage ©MarzioTamer, courtesy Salamon Fine Art, Milan Florence Ponte Vecchio footage courtesy of Debra Pfahl Music: Four Seasons (Summer) by Vivaldi “Theme“ music: JS Bach “Sonata for violin solo No.1 in G Minor” Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.