Venus and Adonis, a classical myth, was a common subject for art during the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Some works which have been titled Venus and Adonis are:
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Famous quotes containing the words venus and and/or venus:
“In the drawing room [of the Queens palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupids foot between Venuss thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.”
—Horace Walpole (17171797)
“For her own person,
It beggared all description: she did lie
In her pavilioncloth of gold, of tissue
Oer-picturing that Venus where we see
The fancy outwork nature.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)