Artist and art teacher Áine Andrews gives a talk on The Birth of Venus by Botticelli at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Tuesday 25 November. Part of Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories – Autumn 2025 Lecture Series.
Artist and art teacher Áine Andrews returns with another series of lectures. In each lecture, Áine will focus on a particular painting to recount its history, as well as that of the artist.
The lectures can be attended as a series or individually.
Week 4: The Birth of Venus
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus was a sensation in its day for its depiction of the nude female body.
It depicts the goddess of love and beauty arriving on the island of Cyprus, born of the sea spray and blown there by the winds on a giant scallop shell, as pure and as perfect as a pearl.
But what of the hidden story of Simonetta Vespucci, the face of Venus with her fluttering gold red hair, who was the ‘most beautiful woman in Florence’ and a legend in her lifetime.
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