Lady Eastlake quotes from a letter written by Gibson to his friend Mrs Sandbach (25 December 1840), which explains the subject: ‘I am contending the desire to begin to model my design of the birth of ...

The recently discovered painting is believed to be one of Sandro Botticelli’s final works before his death in 1510. Botticelli, renowned for masterpieces like “The Birth of Venus” and ...

Venus, goddess of love, emerges from the sea in Ottorino Respighi’s shimmering depiction of Botticelli’s classic painting, ...

A drawing of 'The Birth of Venus'. The goddess stands in the centre of the composition, viewed from the front, being crowned with a garland of flowers by a female figure on the right as she looks down ...

From the most to least famous, these are ten great paintings dedicated to ancient Greek myths or containing references to them. 1. The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli, the great Italian painter of ...

“The Venus aspect of it led me to one of my favorite paintings, Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, and looking at that gave me my colors, then we took this uber-feminine interpretation of ...

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This composition was likely inspired by a 16th-17th century version of Sandro Botticelli’s painting 'The Birth of Venus', Venus being the Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex and prosperity. This plate ...