Chapter 1
According to Hesiod, the god Cronus cut off his father Uranus' member with a great sickle and cast it into the sea. From Uranus' semen mixed with the foam of the waves the goddess Aphrodite (Venus in the Latin version of the name) was born. The ancient Greek painter Apelles painted a Venus Anadyomene which many artists, from Botticelli to those of the present day, have attempted to recreate.
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- Autor:
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau
- Título:
- Bather
- Fecha:
- 1870
- Tipo:
- Oil on canvas
- Medidas:
- 190.5 x 95 cm
- Úbicacion:
- Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí
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- Autor:
- Auguste Rodin
- Título:
- The Birth of Venus (L’Aurore)
- Fecha:
- 1906-1907
- Tipo:
- Marble
- Medidas:
- 90 x 70 cm
- Úbicacion:
- Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection on loan at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
- Numero de inventario
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- Autor:
- John Currin
- Título:
- Honeymoon Nude
- Fecha:
- 1998
- Tipo:
- Oil on canvas
- Medidas:
- 116.8 x 91.4 cm
- Úbicacion:
- Tate Modern, London, inv. T07519. Purchased with assistance from Evelyn, Lady Downshire’s Trust Fund, 1999
- © Tate, London 2009
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