Botticelli's Venus is an 'influencer' and Italy is not happy

Botticelli's Venus is an 'influencer' and Italy is not happy

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ROME -- The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century “virtual influencer.” The digital rendition of Venus, goddess of love, based on Sandro Botticelli’s Renaissance masterpiece “Birth of Venus,”…

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