More pictures of Venus
Here are some more pictures of Venus (that is, Aphrodite).
This is a painting that represents the famous statue of Venus of Milo:
Venus en Bleu
Garrett
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Dali has painted something entirely original starting from the same statue. When you look better, you'll see it forms the face of a toreador:
Hallucinogenic Toreador
Dali, Salvador
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By the way, this is Botticelli's Birth of Venus before...
The Birth of Venus, 1480
Botticelli, Sandro
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...and after the restauration:
The Birth of Venus, 1480 (Post Restoration)
Botticelli, Sandro
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Venus waking up:
Le Reveil de Venus
Natoire, Charles-Joseph
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The French painter Francois Boucher made many pictures of Venus, because he liked to represent the goddess of beauty.
Toilette of Venus
Boucher, Francois
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Venus, Mercury and Amor
Boucher, Francois
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Venus Requesting Arms for Aeneas from Vulcan
Boucher, Francois
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The Forge of Vulcan, or Vulcan presenting arms for Aeneas to Venus, tapestry cartoon, 1757
Boucher, Francois
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The Sleeping Venus
Boucher, Francois
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Venus Standing, Gesturing Towards A Heart On A Targe With Two Doves, 1754
Boucher, Francois
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A study of Venus, 1751
Boucher, Francois
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Venus and and her son Cupid (or Aphrodite and Eros, if you prefer)
Venus and Cupid
Clements, Geoffrey
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Venus
Burkatowski, Alexander
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Venus and Cupid
Pellegrini, Giovanni Antonio
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Venus and Adonis
de Luca, Araldo de Luca
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European Mannerist Painting of the Toilet of Venus
Corbis Collection
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As you have seen, in many pictures of Venus, she is represented as a beautiful woman - and sometimes the painter would represent someone else (a beautiful woman, of course!) as Venus:
Portrait of the Comtesse de Cozel with her Son, as Venus and Cupid
de Troy, Francois
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... and you'll surely recognize this one!
Star is Born (Birth of Venus W Marilyn)
Casaro, Renato
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In case you were wondering what the planet Venus looked like...
Surface of Venus
Ressmeyer, Roger
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For more pictures of Venus / Aphrodite, represented during the judgement of Paris, please click here.
