Comments on: Botticelli, The Birth of Venus and the Golden Ratio in Art Composition https://www.goldennumber.net/botticelli-birth-venus-golden-ratio-art/ Golden Ratio, Phi, 1.618, and Fibonacci in Math, Nature, Art, Design, Beauty and the Face. One source with over 100 articles and latest findings. Fri, 30 Jul 2021 05:40:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lewis N. Villegas https://www.goldennumber.net/botticelli-birth-venus-golden-ratio-art/#comment-6146 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 05:40:52 +0000 http://www.goldennumber.net/?p=4702#comment-6146 The analysis of the golden section applied to the parts of the painting is very good. Unfortunately, as regards the overall size of the canvass, the ‘golden section’ analysis won’t hold. You see, the canvass was cut along the top, and it is today NOT the original size Botticelli worked on.

The radical nature of this suggestion is supported by what we see in the painting today. The head of the Venus is just too close to the top edge of the painting to make it a Renaissance work. (Compare to the distance of the head of the Venus in the Primavera from the top edge of that painting).

Secondly, the wings of the Zephyr are clipped at the top of the picture. This is good Modern cropping in photographs for magazine layouts (or digital websites). But it was just NOT done in the Renaissance.

But, yes, the proportioning systems are everywhere in Renaissance space: in the paintings, the sculpture and the architecture.

Great analysis!

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