The Birth of Venus (disambiguation)
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The Birth of Venus may refer to the birth of the mythological goddess Venus
. Other uses include:
In paintings, the term "the birth of Venus" has often been interchanged with "Venus Anadyomene
". For examples of this theme, see:
In literature:
Venus (mythology)
Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty, sex,sexual seduction and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths...
. Other uses include:
In paintings, the term "the birth of Venus" has often been interchanged with "Venus Anadyomene
Venus Anadyomene
Venus Anadyomene was one of the iconic representations of Aphrodite, made famous in a much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in Pliny's Natural History, with the anecdote that the great Apelles employed Campaspe, a mistress of Alexander the Great, for his model...
". For examples of this theme, see:
- The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore...
- The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau)The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau)The Birth of Venus is one of the most famous paintings by 19th century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but the transportation of Venus in a shell from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus. For Bouguereau, it was truly a tour de force...
- The Birth of Venus (Cabanel)The Birth of Venus (Cabanel)The Birth of Venus is a painting by the French artist Alexandre Cabanel . It was painted in 1863, and is now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris...
- The Birth of Venus, a painting by Amaury DuvalAmaury Duval (1808-1885)Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Pineux Duval , better known by the pseudonym Amaury Duval, was a French painter. He was one of two sons of Amaury Duval and thus a nephew of the playwright Alexandre Pineux Duval.- Life :He was born in Montrouge...
In literature:
- The Birth of Venus (novel), a novel by Sarah Dunant