The Birth of Venus
Brenda Burke
Venus
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The birth of Aphrodite
The Birth of Venus Aphrodite or Venus to the Romans is thought to have been born near Paphos, on the island of Cyprus. Uranus and...
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The Birth of Venus
No need for an introduction, you’d know it as one of the most famous, celebrated and digitalized masterpieces of all time. Probably made in the...
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Too Thicc to Care
Carlotta Chabert, dancer of the first half of the nineteenth century, loved by Count Girolamo Malfatti, had the honor, thanks to the high-ranking client, of...
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The Shrine of Venus
Also called “the shrine of Venus” for its more than 25 representations of the goddess, including stuccos and frescoes, Palazzo Te in Mantua dedicates 2021...
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A Tiny Prick
Venus, the goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid´s arrows, which triggers her passion for Adonis. This love...
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Rebirth of Venus
Diego Gravinese, Rebirth of Venus 2017
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Venus in Furs
Born today…Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch, January 27, 1836, Lviv, Ukraine “I imagine that the goddess of Love has come down from Olympus to visit a...
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Venus Presenting Aeneas with Armour Forged by Vulcan
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni’s “Venus Presenting Aeneas with Armour Forged by Vulcan” is the companion piece to “Hercules at the Crossroads”, and is very similar to...
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Sure, When Aphrodite Does It
Picture of Aphrodite lying naked in a giant clam shell. Sure, when Aphrodite lies around naked in a giant clam shell she’s a “goddess” but...
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Check out the little Eros babies!
The gestures and actions expressed by Venus and Vulcan in this oil on canvas by Gaetano Gandolfi, painted between 1770 and 1775, led to a...