Saturday 23 March 2013

Here's Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars' from 1483:



It's unlikely that Shakespeare ever saw this picture, though some biographers believe he might well have visited Renaissance Italy, but the themes and symbolism in this picture make a great link to what we're going to read in Act 3...

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/sandro-botticelli-venus-and-mars

I'm especially keen to hear from the art students on this one!

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