... (Renaissance 232). Another reason for the rise of painting and the arts was because they wanted to recapture that spirit of the Greek and Roman cultures in the own artistic, literary, and philosophic works or art. One god used most often was Venus, the goddess of love and fertility. Venus is the mother of Cupid, the little god of love (Becket ... 95). The Renaissance era brought many new techniques to the art world. One of the most important was Perspective. The art of perspective is the representation of solid objects and three-dimensional space according to your optical perception ......

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... time (A Divided Italy: Home of The Renaissance). Much of the literature was controversial because humanist concentrated on secular subjects, but people were ready for change. The Italian Renaissance began as a literary movement, but changed as new discoveries were being made, such as art (A Changing Europe). Art in Italian Renaissance was one of a kind. The art in Italy focused on mechanical perspective ... different interpretations on what this painting really symbolizes. Most research, though, suggests that the theme is love and marriage (Sandro Botticelli Primavera). Although, Primav...

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