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THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOUNDATION / April 28, 2025 / Blog /

Art and Architecture

By Hailey Chung

Hailey Chung is a freshman in Signorina Zoino’s Italian II Honors course at Cresskill High School. She wants to pursue Italian studies throughout high school and is interested in continuing them during college. Outside of school, she likes to swim, write, and listen to true crime podcasts.

The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli was an Italian painter who was born in 1445 in Florence. It is Venus, a deity, emerging from the sea. This painting depicts Venus immediately after she emerges from the water and is born from the sea foam. It is from the Renaissance. It is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. I love it because I love Roman mythology, and Venus is a Roman deity. Venus is the deity of love, beauty, and fertility and is the Roman version of Aphrodite.

School of Athens is by Raphael, an Italian painter. He painted this painting as a commission to decorate the Raphael Rooms in the Vatican. I saw the School of Athens last year; I was not allowed to record in the room, but the painting is truly beautiful.

It has a stunning amount of detail! I was very surprised that Raphael managed to paint it as a fresco, which is on a wall. 

Traduzione Italiana

La Nascita di Venere è un dipinto da Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli è un pittore italiano ed è nasce nel 1445 a Firenze. È Venere, una divinità, emerga dal mare. Questo dipinto raffigura Venere immediatamente dopo che emerge dalle acque e nasce dalla schiuma del mare. È da il Rinascimento. È in la Uffizi Galleria a Firenze. La amo perché amo mitologia romano, e Venere è una divinità romano. Venere è la divinità dell’amore, bellezza, e fertilità, ed è la versione romano di Afrodite. 

Scuola di Atene è da Raphael, un pittore italiano. Dipinge questo dipinto come commissione per decorare le Stanze di Raffaello in Vaticano. Ho visto Scuola di Atene l’anno scorso; non mi è stato permesso di registrare in sala, ma il dipinto è davvero splendido.

Ha una quantità incredibile di dettagli! Sono rimasto molto sorpreso dal fatto che Raffaello sia riuscito a dipingerlo come un affresco, cioè su una parete. 

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