Venus figure

noun

1. Venus.

Example Sentences

You mention in the book that Sojourner Truth is the only woman of color in “The Dinner Party,” and discuss the Venus figure as a deeply racist and misogynist beauty standard.

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She has built a twisted counterpart to the Victoria Memorial — a fountain whose jets emerge from the nipples and open jugular of a Venus figure 40 feet up, feeding a basin populated by sailors and sharks.

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What reads as a seed pod in one piece might invoke a chrysalis, womb or ancient Venus figure in others.

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Like his other work, the sculptures explore themes related to tool imagery, the Venus figure, hearts and Pinocchio.

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