James Baldwin once said “All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up”. On this episode of we're going to be taking a deep dive in the deeper meaning of various artwork and explore what stories are being told. Who was alexander the great and did he actually slay a minotaur?  What was the deal with Botticelli’s birth of Venus and what are its connections to the virgin marry? This podcast will answer a bit of those questions and dive deeper into the symbolisms and connections of the Birth of Venus painting.