The Birth of Venus
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The painting is often referred to humorously as “Venus on the half-shell.”
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Nimbus doesn't seem like much of a threat when we meet him, surfacing on the ocean to confront Rick on a giant scallop shell a la Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus."
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2021
The exhibition included a 2009 recreation of The Birth of Venus by photographer David LaChapelle, as well as interpretations of the same painting by Andy Warhol.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2021
Despite paintings like The Birth of Venus, however, Botticelli remained a pious Christian throughout his life.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
A Roman Venus stands next to Salvador Dalí's surrealist Venus de Milo with a giraffe neck, alongside a blue Venus cast by Yves Klein and The Birth of Venus by Andy Warhol.
From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2011
Most of Howard's works are small: he selected classic and poetic subjects, such as The Birth of Venus, The Solar System, Pandora, and The Pleiades, and occasionally he painted portraits.
From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by Koehler, S. R.
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