Title: Birth Of Veuns Artist: Emilio Martelli Year: 1984 Dates: b.1913, Florence, Italy  Materials: Scagliola on Panel Dimensions: 7' x 12' Current Location: Greenwood Village Sub Location: Related Work by Emilio Martelli: Click here

About Birth Of Veuns This is a reproduction of Sandro Botticelli’s (1445-1510) Birth of Venus (1485). Continuing to classicize poetry, Botticelli depicts Zephyr, the god of wind, carrying a nymph. He pushes Venus ashore towards the personification of Spring. Although Botticelli draws upon similar allegories, his complex compositions reveal uniquely different perspectives. The scagliola process uses a mixture of marble dust, crushed shells, and minerals to fill and color on engraved stone surfaces.

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