There are few new ideas. Rather, human change, especially in the fields of art, philosophy, and theology, is the product of reinterperting old themes using new mediums and cross-referencing old (and often ancient) ideas. Consider:
Attic Red-Figure Vase (Fifth Century, BCE)
Attic Red-Figure Vase (Fifth Century, BCE)
Graecia Ludovisi Throne (Fifth Century BCE)
Terracotta Statue (Fourth Century, BCE)
Attic Pelike (Fourth Century, BCE)
A Pompeiian Villa (First Century, CE)
Sandro Botticelli (1483)
Titian (1525)
Paul Reubens (1636)
Alexandre Cabanel (1863)
Adolphe-William Bouguereau (1879)
Odilon Redon (1912)
Salvador Dali (20th Century)
Salvador Dali (1970)
Andy Warhol (1984)
3 comments:
This was wonderful. I want to research what happened between The First Century, CE and Botticelli. Also we have our own visual birth of Venus with the discovery of the Venus of Willendorf in 24,000-22,000 BCE. The interesting part in all of this is the crossover between the birth of the female form and the birth of our land, culture, and so on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf
My guess? One word - Christianity.
Perhaps you might be interested in the alternative interpretation of Botticelli's the Birth of Venus and La Primavera:
Birth of Venus and La Primavera Conjoined
Best,
David Bowman
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