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1、MythologyasReflectedinArt1.TheRenaissanceWiththerediscoveryofclassicalantiquityinRenaissance,thepoetryofOvidbecameamajorinfluenceontheimaginationofpoetsandartistsandremainedafundamentalinfluenceonthediffusionandperceptionofGreekmythologythroughsubsequentcenturies.Fromthe
2、earlyyearsofRenaissance,artistsportrayedsubjectsfromGreekmythologyalongsidemoreconventionalChristianthemes.BotticelliAlessandrodiMarianodiVanniFilipepi,betterknownasSandroBotticelliorIlBotticello("TheLittleBarrel";March1,1445–May17,1510)wasanItalianpainteroftheFlorentine
3、schoolduringtheEarlyRenaissance(Quattrocento).Lessthanahundredyearslater,thismovement,underthepatronageofLorenzode'Medici,wascharacterizedbyGiorgioVasariasa"goldenage",athought,suitablyenough,heexpressedattheheadofhisVitaofBotticelli.Hisposthumousreputationsuffereduntilt
4、helate19thcentury;sincethenhisworkhasbeenseentorepresentthelineargraceofEarlyRenaissancepainting,andTheBirthofVenusandPrimaveraranknowamongthemostfamiliarmasterpiecesofFlorentineart.TheBirthofVenusItdepictsthegoddessVenus,havingemergedfromtheseaasafullgrownwoman,arriving
5、atthesea-shorePallasandtheCentaurThepainting'sbarelandscapefocusesone'sgazeonthetwofigures.Acentaurhastrespassedonforbiddenterritory.Thislustybeing,halfhorseandhalfman,isbeingbroughtundercontrolbyaguard-nympharmedwithashieldandhalberd,andshehasgrabbedhimbythehair.Thewoma
6、nhasbeenidentifiedbothasthegoddessPallasAthenaandtheAmazonCamilla,chasteheroineofVirgil'sAeneid.Whatisundisputedisthemoralcontentofthepainting,inwhichvirtueisvictoriousoversensualitythroughtheuseofreason.Thetwopartsofthehumansoul,reasonandinstinctfightingoneanother,arere
7、presentedbythedoublenatureofthecentaur.Thelatter,whoseclassicalepithetisChironwasmaybeinspiredbysomeclassicrelief,thoughthepatheticexpressioniswhollybyBotticelli.LeonardodaVinciLeonardodiserPierodaVinci,（April15,1452–May2,1519)wasanItalianpolymath,beingascientist,mathema
8、tician,engineer,inventor,anatomist,painter,sculptor,architect,botanist,musicianandwriter.Leonardohasoft
