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Venus Binding her Hair Title: Venus Binding her Hair (Vénus nouant ses cheveux) Artist: John William Godward (1861–1922) Date: 1897 http://www.artrenewal.org http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godward_-_Venus_Binding_Her_Hair.jpg

Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens Description: Diana (1892 - 93), Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Author: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diana_by_Augustus_Saint-Gaudens_01.jpg

The Birth of Venus Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) Date: 1879 The Birth of Venus (La Naissance de Vénus) 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 (a visual metaphor for the vulva) from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus. For Bouguereau, it was truly a tour de force. The canvas stands at just over 9'10" (3m) high, and 7'2" (2.2m) wide. The subject matter, as well as the composition, resembles the rather more famous rendition of this subject, Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, as well as Raphael's painting, The Triumph of Galatea. The painting is currently held in the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco as part of the Birth Of Impressionism exhibition. References http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_The_Birth_of_Venus_(1879).jpg http://en.w...

The Birth of Venus (Alexandre, 1863) Alexandre Cabanel, The Birth of Venus (1863), oil on canvas, 130 x 225 cm. Paris, Musée d'Orsay Español: El nacimiento de Venus (1863). Artist: Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1863_Alexandre_Cabanel_-_The_Birth_of_Venus.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_art

Venus Anadyomène Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) Title: Venus Anadyomène Year: 1848 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 164 × 82 cm (64.57 × 32.28 in) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1848_Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres_-_Venus_Anadyom%C3%A8ne.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jean_Auguste_Dominique_Ingres This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.

Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez Date: 1647-1651 Author: Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RokebyVenus.jpg

Diane the Huntress Artist: School of Fontainebleau Meister der Schule von Fontainebleau Title: "Diane the Huntress" Deutsch: Diana als Jägerin Year: 1550-1560 Technique Deutsch: Leinwand Dimensions: 192 × 133 cm Current location: Musée du Louvre, Pari

Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time Artist: Angelo Bronzino (1503–1572) Title: Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time [Allegory of the Triumph of Venus] Deutsch: Allegorie des Triumphes der Venus Français : Allégorie du triomphe de Vénus Italiano: Allegoria del trionfo di Venere Year: 1540-1545 Technique: Deutsch: Öl auf Holz Français : Oil on wood Français : Huile sur bois Italiano: Olio su tavola Dimensions: 146 × 116 cm (57.48 × 45.67 in) Current location: National Gallery, London Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time - also referred to as An Allegory of Venus and Cupid and A Triumph of Venus - is an allegorical painting by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino now in the National Gallery, London. Around 1546, Bronzino was commissioned to create a painting which has come to be known as Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time. It displays the ambivalence, eroticism and obscure imagery which is characteristic of the Mannerist period, and of Bronzino's master Pontormo. The painting may have been...

Venus Anadyomene Artist: Titian (1477?-1576) Date: 1525 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: H 75.8 x W 57.6 cm Venus Anadyomene offered a natural subject for a fountain: the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC has a lifesize bronze plumbed so that water drips from Venus’ hair, modelled by a close follower of Giambologna, late sixteenth century. Artist Titian (1477?-1576) Alternative names: Tiziano Vecelli; Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio, commonly known as Titian, was a 16th century Renaissance painter in Venice, Italy. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anadyomene.jpg http://akorra.com/2010/03/06/top-20-beautiful-female-nude-artwork/ This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. Titian Venuses | Female nude in paintings | Venus Anadyomenes | 1525 paintings | National Gall...

Sleeping Venus (1508-1510) Artist: Giorgione (1477 — 1510) Title: Sleeping Venus Deutsch: Schlummernde Venus Year: between 1508 and 1510 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 108 × 175 cm (42.52 × 68.90 in) Current location: Gemäldegalerie, Dresden This painting was done by Giorgione in approx. 1509 c. It was unfinished at the time of his death and the sky was later finished by Titian. (Titian also painted a similar Venus, but it was not as agitated and unsettled as Giorgione's nude.) Obviously a painting with underlying erotic implications, this can be seen by the Venus' raised arm (the exposed arm pit a symbol of sexuality) and also the blatant placement of her left hand. The sheets are a silver colour (a cold colour rather than a more commonly used warm tone) and they are very rigid looking (in comparison to Titian's or Velzquez's Venus'). The landscape mimicks the curves of the nude and this in turn relates the human body back to natural, organic objec...

The Birth of Venus Artist: Sandro Botticelli Title: The Birth of Venus Bosanski: Rođenje Venere. Česky: Zrození Venuše. Dansk: Venus' fødsel. Deutsch: Geburt der Venus. Español: El nacimiento de Venus. Eesti: Veenuse sünd. Français : La Naissance de Vénus. Italiano: La nascita di Venere. 日本語: ヴィーナスの誕生 한국어: 비너스의 탄생 Polski: Narodziny Wenus. Slovenčina: Zrodenie Venuše. Suomi: Venuksen syntymä. Svenska: Venus födelse. Türkçe: Venüs'ün Doğuşu Русский: Рождение Венеры. 中文: 维纳斯的诞生 Year: 1486 Technique: Tempera on canvas Dimensions: 172.5 × 278.5 cm (67.91 × 109.65 in) Current location: Galleria degli Uffizi The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli. It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a full grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore (which is related to the Venus Anadyomene motif). The painting is held in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Origins In the past many scholars thought that this large picture may have been, lik...