Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli Case-Mate iPhone Case

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, tempera painting on wood panel, 1486, depicts the newly born Venus emerging from the sea as a woman riding atop a great sea shell to the shore. Flowers float in the winds blown by the flying figures that propel the goddess ashore, while a female figure welcomes her. The sinuous figure of Venus with long, flowing blonde hair is adapted from the sculpture of classical antiquity, with its distinctive contrapposto pose of opposing S-curves and shifting weight around a central axis. Botticelli’s masterpiece is an icon of the Italian Renaissance and western culture, and a complex metaphor for love, beauty and art.