Bloomington

Birth of Venus, Robert Laurent, 1961
The theme of this sculpture comes from a famous painting called the Birth of Venus by an Italian painter named Sandro Botticelli. Venus is a character from Greek mythology who represents beauty and love. In this scene, which comes from the story, Venus has just been born from the sea, which explains why she is nude. How did this artist try to represent the sea? He made the sculpture into a fountain and included fish leaping and spraying water. What other things could the artist have included to represent the sea?