FORTITUDE SEVEN VIRTUES Pollaiuolo Botticelli Silver Coin 10D Andorra 2012

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FORTITUDE SEVEN VIRTUES Pollaiuolo Botticelli Renaissance Silver Coin 10D Andorra 2012 FORTITUDE SEVEN VIRTUES FROM "SEVEN VIRTUES" 7 COIN SET New spectacular coin issued to honor the 'The Seven Virtues' painted by Piero del Pollaiuolo and finished by the most knowed artist Botticelli. The coin series consists of 7 coins, one for each painting and this the one was painted by Sandro Botticelli: Fortitude. Each coin was about one of the Virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity, Temperance, Prudence, Fortitude and Justice with a particular rectangular shape and a top part as convex ellipse arch. The coin’s obverse depicts the Principat d'Andorra emblem. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Seven virtues Visual art has always been an important means for communicating values. This is especially true with values related to faith. Artists can use their talents to help people think deeply and pray. Art can inspire people’s minds and hearts to greater love of God andneighbor. Being an artist has always been a great responsibility. In 16th century Italy, the Painters’ Guild in Siena summarized their responsibilities as artists in the opening of their statutes saying, As by the grace of God we are able to reveal to the uneducated and literate the miraculous things achieved by virtue and in virtue of our Holy Faith… The belief that art was a powerful tool that read more

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