Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars' at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is the lead partner of the spectacular collections of the University of Cambridge Museums and Botanic Garden.
From antiquity to the present day, the Fitzwilliam houses a world-renowned collection of over half a million beautiful works of art, masterpiece paintings, and historical artefacts.
The Fitzwilliam Museum will display 'Venus and Mars' in their Octagon Gallery, alongside three major Italian Renaissance works in different media, asking questions about nudity and clothing, setting and viewership, sex and gender.
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Audio description of Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars'
Curator's introduction to Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars'
Stop 1, Botticelli in Cambridge.
In this first audio guide, we’re introduced to the Botticelli picture and the story it tells by Nadine Langford, research associate storyteller at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.Stop 2, Botticelli in Cambridge.
In this second audio guide, Nadine Langford draws us inside the plush Octagon room at the heart of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Reclining on a chaise longue, she contemplates Botticelli’s romantic masterpiece and the exhibition built around it. Nadine explains how she creates stories from paintings, to help draw the audience deep into the themes of the painting.Stop 3, Botticelli in Cambridge.
In this third audio guide, Alex, Louise and Aino from the Fitzwilliam Young Producers Group talk about the painting from their own points of view, and reflect on the importance of accessing great art in your local area.Stop 4, Botticelli in Cambridge.
In this final audio guide we discover how this fragile 15th century masterpiece was transported and displayed. Ellie Saggers, the Fitzwilliam Museum's registrar, takes us behind the scenes, and talks about her love for Botticelli. A National Gallery audio guide produced by Mike Rucinski and Melvin Rickarby at Boutique Recording. Producer for the National Gallery: Lily Middleton.