Voluptuous Venus

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of images of Venus which have survived from ancient times. Many of them are curvaceous, in fact some ancient Roman Venus' are even a little plump, and there are many that are slim, but they are never too skinny, for how could Venus look as if she starves herself when she is a Goddess of life and fertility? Neither have I seen any depictions of Venus as obese. Likewise, for most artists since the renaissance Venus has been celebrated as looking like a woman with a healthy body, neither skeletal nor grotesquely overweight. Here follows a celebration of the many portrayals of Venus over the centuries.

Roman Era Venus'

Fresco of Venus from Pompeii (1st century CE)

Celestial Venus (circa 2nd-3rd century CE), Bronze, 25cm

Mosaic depicting Venus from Tunisia (circa 3rd century CE)

Sixteenth century Venus'

"Sleeping Venus" by Giorgione (circa 1510)

"Venus with a Mirror" by Titian (circa 1555)

"Venus and Adonis" by Carracci (circa 1595)

Seventeenth century Venus'

"Venus" by Domenichino (circa 1615)

"Sleeping Venus" by Gentileschi (circa 1625)

"Venus and Adonis" by Poussin (circa 1625)

Eighteenth century Venus'

"Venus" by Ricci (circa 1700)

"Venus and Adonis" by Natoire (circa 1740)

"Venus Playing with Two Doves" by Boucher (circa 1750)

Nineteenth century Venus'  

"Ballerina Calotta Chabert as Venus" by Hayez (1830)

"Mars and Venus" by Mongez (1841)

"The Planet Venus" by Falero (1882)

Twentieth century Venus' 

"Venus Visits Vulcan" by Goetze (1909)

"The Venus of Poetry" by de Torres (1913)

"Russian Venus" by Kustodiev (1926)

Written by M' Sentia Figula (aka Freki), find me at neo polytheist and romanpagan.wordpress.com