... new resolve to learn by direct observation and study of the natural world. The theme became increasingly important to artists. The classical poets and mythologys were well known throughout the Middle Ages. During the Renaissance, the artist used these classical mythologys to glorify human actions rather than showing another Christian morality. Italians especially, recaptured the former glory of Rome. They thought ... the mythologys were more than pretty fairy-tales but the conveyance of powerful wisdom of the ancient classical legends. One of the most famous paintings of mythology durin...

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... for the first time the values of the modern world. The word "renaissance" originally referred to the revival of the values and artistic styles of classical antiquity during that period, especially in Italy (Beckett, 1994, 36). The Renaissance is seen as building on, rather than breaking with, its medieval ... of other religions by converging all truths into one (Beckett, 1994, 37). Botticelli is of his generation in his enthusiasm for themes "from classical mythology and along with it in his suiting the ancient pagan materials to a form that repaired by the early renaissance, a form re...

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... Birth of Venus"(1483). Here Botticelli passionately tries to recapture the former glory of Rome, because the classical myths had become popular among educated laymen. To these men, the mythology of the Greeks and Romans represented something more than captivating stories; they were convinced these classical legends must have contained some profound and mysterious truth. The patron who commissioned the Botticelli painting for ... ...

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