The painting depicts the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, which relates to the Greek myth of Venus' birth from the sea. It shows Venus arriving on the shore, with the gods Zephyr and Aura helping to blow her to land and a nymph covering her naked body with a robe. The colors convey warmth and love, harmonizing with Venus' characteristics as the goddess of beauty and love according to the myth it illustrates.

1. The Birth of Venus
by Sandro Botticelli
Hyeri Park, A!y Chung

3. Myth
This painting relates to the myth that explains Venus’s
birth.
According to the myth, the Venus, the Roman goddess of
beauty and love, emerged "om the sea upon a she! as a
fu!y grown woman. She was born when Zeus castrated
Titan Uranus and ki!ed him.

4. How is the myth retold through the
painting..
The painting portrays the a#ermath of Venus’s creation. Zephyr and
Aura, the gods of wind, is pushing Venus toward a shore, and a
Nymph is reaching out to cover her naked body with a robe. Venus is
depicted as a modest and graceful figure, as she is carefu!y leaning
on one hip and covering her body. The colors used in the painting,
especia!y the green hues of the sea, delivers a sense of warmth and
love, harmonizing with the image and characteristics of Venus.

5. Works Cited
http://mmmnoodles.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/sandro-
bottice!is-the-birth-of-venus/
http://www.artble.com/artists/sandro_bottice!i/
paintings/birth_of_venus

6. Greek Mythology:
Echo and Narcissus
Kate Jeong

7. Title: Echo and Narcissus
Artist: John Waterhouse
Myth relates to: Myth of Echo and Narcissus
Story: Narcissus, a beautiful nymph, has fallen in love with his own reflection. He is
trapped by the sight of his own beauty and finally dies.Yellow Narcissus flowers
grow where Narcissus dies and Waterhouse depicts these flowers in his painting.
Echo, a nymph who loves Narsissus, loses an ability to speak and quietly watches
her love.

8. Works Cited
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/20c/waterhouse.aspx

9. BIRTH OF VENUS
Seung Youn Park

10. BIRTH OF VENUS
• Artist - Sandro Botticelli
• The myth it relates to -
Relates to birth of
Venus who was created
by Uranus’s blood
• How this myth is retold
through the painting -
As Aphrodite was born,
gods from nearby
environment came and
helped to cloth herself.

11. WORKS CITED
• http://www.artble.com/
artists/sandro_botticelli/
paintings/birth_of_venus
• http://www.paleothea.com/
Myths/BirthAphrodite.html
• http://www.mythweb.com/
encyc/entries/aphrodite.html