Jan 27, 2020
4 min read
How To Read Paintings: Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli
An allegory of Love overcoming War… and much else besides
What does the painting show? A woman and a man lying in a grassy glade, surrounded by trees and shrubbery. She is sat up with her elbow cushioned by a red pillow; he has fallen asleep with his head outstretched in deep slumber. Behind them, a group of baby satyrs —…
