Birth of Venus serves up instant recognition. We’re all familiar with Sandro Botticelli’s masterpiece. Still, have we really looked at it? It’s a birth. That’s messy, baby-centric, business. But this portrait shows neither mess nor baby – only beauty. There’s simply the wonder of new life present here. In fact, the work arouses more questions than it answers. How is a full grown woman arising out of this clean and still seashell? That’s not how Venus was born. She emerged from the wrecked genitals of her murdered father, Uranus. But there’s nothing about that here.

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