Praise of Love and Beauty, a mosaic collage on the wall of Cheng Shiu University’s Library and Technology Building, was made through appropriation (a method commonly seen in the postmodern era) that transfers The Birth of Venus, a painting created by artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) during the Italian Renaissance, to a campus wall. The Birth of Venus is one of the classics created during the early stages of the Italian Renaissance. This painting deviated from the tradition of depicting Bible or religious subjects and instead portrays Greek mythology, and its detailed illustration of human characters made it representative of an important transitional period in Western history. The school appropriated this historical painting on the wall of its Library and Technology Building to emphasize their attention to human culture, signifying university students’ pursuit of knowledge and truth.
在正修科技大學圖書科技大樓壁面的馬賽克拼貼畫《愛與美的讚禮》，以後現代常見的「挪用(Appropriation)」手法，將義大利文藝復興時期藝術家波提切利(Sandro Botticelli，1445-1510)的《維納斯的誕生》移轉到校舍牆面。
這幅波提切利的《維納斯的誕生》為文藝復興早期的經典作品之一，其跳脫傳統聖經宗教題材轉而描繪希臘神話，並以對人物的細膩描繪而為人樂道，作為西方歷史發展重要轉捩點時期的代表作品，將這幅畫作重新鑲嵌在圖書科技大樓牆上，可見學校透過歷史象徵，展現對人文涵養的重視，也是對學生進到大學校園裡探究知識與真理──亦即愛與美的禮讚。
作品名稱：愛與美的讚禮 Praise of Love and Beauty
作者：吳守哲 Shou-che Wu
創作年份：2001
材質規格：馬賽克鑲嵌壁畫 / 3052×452cm
設置地點：正修科技大學圖書科技大樓