- Artchive: Birth of Venus
Contains a high-resolution image of the historical masterpiece housed by the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
www.artchive.com/artchive/B/botticelli/venus.jpg.html
- Wikipedia: The Birth of Venus
Hyperlinked summary of the famous Italian painting depicting Venus, the Greek goddess of love, emerging from the sea on a shell.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus
- Berger Foundation: The Birth of Venus
Features a biography of the artist and an analysis of the painting that depicts the winds, Zephyr and Aura, who elevated a shell bearing Venus' triumphant nudity.
www.bergerfoundation.ch/Home/high_botticelli.html
- Loggia: Birth of Venus
Highlights the significance of one of the most recognizable images in the history of art created by Sandro Botticelli during the Renaissance.
www.loggia.com/art/renaissance/botticelli02.html
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