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- | #REDIRECT [[Venus]] | + | [[Image:Venus by Daumier.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''This Year, Venuses Again... Always Venuses!'' ([[1864]]) - [[Honoré Daumier]]]] |
+ | [[Image:Venus by Lucas Cranach the Elder.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Venus]]'' ([[1532]]) by [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]]]] | ||
+ | [[Image:The Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[The Birth of Venus]]'' ([[1863]]) [[Alexandre Cabanel]]]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Venus by Rubens.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Venus]]'' (c. [[1615]]) [[Rubens]]]] | ||
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+ | :''[[Venus)]], [[female nude]], [[Renaissance erotica]]'' | ||
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+ | [[Venus]] is the Roman [[goddess]] of [[love]] and in [[visual art]] terminology a synonym for any [[female nude]]. | ||
+ | ==In art==<!-- This section is linked from [[Venus (disambiguation)]] --> | ||
+ | ===Classical art=== | ||
+ | [[Praxiteles|Praxitlean]] type [[Aphrodite of Cnidus]]. Many female nudes from this period of sculpture whose subjects are unknown are in modern art history conventionally called 'Venus'es, even if they originally may have portrayed a mortal woman rather than operated as a [[cult statue]] of the goddess. | ||
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+ | Examples include: | ||
+ | * [[Venus de Milo]] ([[130 BCE]]) | ||
+ | * [[Venus de' Medici]] | ||
+ | * [[Capitoline Venus]] | ||
+ | * [[Esquiline Venus]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus Felix]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus of Arles]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus Anadyomene]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus, Pan and Eros]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus Genetrix]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus of Capua]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus Kallipygos]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus Pudica]] | ||
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+ | ===In non-classical art=== | ||
+ | Venus became a popular subject of [[painting]] and [[sculpture]] during the [[Renaissance]] period in Europe. As a "classical" figure for whom [[nudity]] was her natural state, it was socially acceptable to depict her unclothed. As the goddess of sexual healing, a degree of erotic beauty in her presentation was justified, which had an obvious appeal to many artists and their patrons. Over time, ''venus'' came to refer to any artistic depiction in post-classical art of a nude woman, even when there was no indication that the subject was the goddess. | ||
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+ | * [[The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)]] (c. [[1485]]) | ||
+ | * [[Sleeping Venus (Giorgione)|Sleeping Venus]] (c. [[1501]]) | ||
+ | * [[Venus of Urbino]] ([[1538]]) | ||
+ | * [[The Rokeby Venus]] | ||
+ | * [[Olympia (painting)|Olympia]] ([[1863]]) | ||
+ | * [[The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau)]] ([[1879]]) | ||
+ | * Venus of Cherchell, Gsell museum in [[Algeria]] | ||
+ | * [[Venus Victrix (Canova)|Venus Victrix]], by [[Canova]] | ||
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+ | In the field of [[prehistoric art]], since the discovery in 1908 of the so-called "[[Venus of Willendorf]]" small [[Neolithic]] sculptures of rounded female forms have been conventionally referred to as [[Venus figurines]]. Although the name of the actual deity is not known, the knowing contrast between the obese and fertile [[cult figure]]s and the classical conception of Venus has raised resistance to the terminology. | ||
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Venus is the Roman goddess of love and in visual art terminology a synonym for any female nude.
In art
Classical art
Praxitlean type Aphrodite of Cnidus. Many female nudes from this period of sculpture whose subjects are unknown are in modern art history conventionally called 'Venus'es, even if they originally may have portrayed a mortal woman rather than operated as a cult statue of the goddess.
Examples include:
- Venus de Milo (130 BCE)
- Venus de' Medici
- Capitoline Venus
- Esquiline Venus
- Venus Felix
- Venus of Arles
- Venus Anadyomene
- Venus, Pan and Eros
- Venus Genetrix
- Venus of Capua
- Venus Kallipygos
- Venus Pudica
In non-classical art
Venus became a popular subject of painting and sculpture during the Renaissance period in Europe. As a "classical" figure for whom nudity was her natural state, it was socially acceptable to depict her unclothed. As the goddess of sexual healing, a degree of erotic beauty in her presentation was justified, which had an obvious appeal to many artists and their patrons. Over time, venus came to refer to any artistic depiction in post-classical art of a nude woman, even when there was no indication that the subject was the goddess.
- The Birth of Venus (Botticelli) (c. 1485)
- Sleeping Venus (c. 1501)
- Venus of Urbino (1538)
- The Rokeby Venus
- Olympia (1863)
- The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau) (1879)
- Venus of Cherchell, Gsell museum in Algeria
- Venus Victrix, by Canova
In the field of prehistoric art, since the discovery in 1908 of the so-called "Venus of Willendorf" small Neolithic sculptures of rounded female forms have been conventionally referred to as Venus figurines. Although the name of the actual deity is not known, the knowing contrast between the obese and fertile cult figures and the classical conception of Venus has raised resistance to the terminology.