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- | [[Image:The Seashell 1912) - Odilon Redon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Shell|The Seashell]]'' ([[1912]]) by [[Odilon Redon]]]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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+ | The goddess of love, [[Venus]] or [[Aphrodite]] is often traditionally depicted rising from the sea on a seashell. In ''[[the Birth of Venus (Botticelli)]]'', [[Botticelli]] depicted the goddess [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]] rising from the ocean on a [[scallop]] shell. | ||
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+ | [[Image:Five Shells on a Slab of Stone by Adriaen Coorte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Five Shells on a Slab of Stone]]'' (1696) by [[Adriaen Coorte]]]] | ||
+ | [[Image:The Seashell 1912) - Odilon Redon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[La coquille (The Shell, Odilon Redon)|The Shell]]'' ([[1912]]) by [[Odilon Redon]]]] | ||
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+ | '''Shell''' may refer to: | ||
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+ | * [[Seashell]], a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches | ||
+ | * [[Exoskeleton]], an external covering of some animals | ||
+ | ** [[Mollusc shell]] | ||
+ | ** [[Gastropod shell]] | ||
+ | ** [[Turtle shell]] | ||
+ | * [[Eggshell]] | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Ghost in the Shell ]] | ||
+ | *[[Royal Dutch Shell ]] | ||
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The goddess of love, Venus or Aphrodite is often traditionally depicted rising from the sea on a seashell. In the Birth of Venus (Botticelli), Botticelli depicted the goddess Venus rising from the ocean on a scallop shell. |
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Shell may refer to:
- Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches
- Exoskeleton, an external covering of some animals
- Eggshell
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