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The '''Moving Painting''' is one of the pieces of artwork available in the {{SER}} games. This piece is based on the 1482 work "[[Wikipedia:The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)|The Birth of Venus]]" by Italian painter [[Wikipedia:Botticelli|Sandro Botticelli]]. Since the Moving Painting is only available at [[Crazy Redd's]], one should be wary of forgeries. The forged art contains an upside-down shell.
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The '''Moving Painting''' is one of the pieces of artwork available in the {{SER}} games. This piece is based on the 1482 work "[[Wikipedia:The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)|The Birth of Venus]]" by Italian painter [[Wikipedia:Botticelli|Sandro Botticelli]].
  
 
Painted around 1485 and considered a masterpiece of the renaissance,  Bottecelli's ''The Birth of Venus'' is interpreted as a homage to the female form. The focus of the painting is Venus, the Roman Goddess of beauty and love. Blown to the shore by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, Venus is greeted by one of the Horae, a Goddess of the Seasons, who gives her a flowered cloak. Created in Florence, it remains there to this day, in the [[Wikipedia:Uffizi|Uffizi Gallery]].
 
Painted around 1485 and considered a masterpiece of the renaissance,  Bottecelli's ''The Birth of Venus'' is interpreted as a homage to the female form. The focus of the painting is Venus, the Roman Goddess of beauty and love. Blown to the shore by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, Venus is greeted by one of the Horae, a Goddess of the Seasons, who gives her a flowered cloak. Created in Florence, it remains there to this day, in the [[Wikipedia:Uffizi|Uffizi Gallery]].
  
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==Authenticity==
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In forgeries of this painting, the shell Venus stands on is upside-down.
  
 
==Painting Information==
 
==Painting Information==

Revision as of 22:22, October 11, 2013

Template:Infobox Painting The Moving Painting is one of the pieces of artwork available in the Animal Crossing series games. This piece is based on the 1482 work "The Birth of Venus" by Italian painter Sandro Botticelli.

Painted around 1485 and considered a masterpiece of the renaissance, Bottecelli's The Birth of Venus is interpreted as a homage to the female form. The focus of the painting is Venus, the Roman Goddess of beauty and love. Blown to the shore by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, Venus is greeted by one of the Horae, a Goddess of the Seasons, who gives her a flowered cloak. Created in Florence, it remains there to this day, in the Uffizi Gallery.

Authenticity

In forgeries of this painting, the shell Venus stands on is upside-down.

Painting Information

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Item Name Buy Price Sell Price Available From
Moving Painting 3,920* 490 Crazy Redd's

*3,920 reflects the price Redd charges for the painting. The actual buy price (if purchased through your catalog) is 1,960 bells.