The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482–1486
tempera on canvas
172.5 cm × 278.5 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in)
Uffizi, Florence
Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Look at feet & hands like Raphael or Botticelli:
Mark an X for direction.
With cubism, the grid should be 3D, not 2D.
The School of Athens
Raphael
1509–1510
Fresco
500 × 770 cm
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