The Birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably made in the mid 1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus Anadyomene and often depicted in art). The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
Heaven on Earth: A Place Where Earth Meets The Sky. Salar De Uyuni also is known as Heaven on Earth, is located in Southwest Bolivia. Enigmatic, surprising, unique, these words describe Uyuni completely. A magical place covered with salt and silence is one of the world's most beautiful place on Earth.
linen canvas as wood would let the paint run, and paper would fall apart, canvas is tough and would keep the paint where it was put
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