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12 matches to Venus
Aphrodite. Greek goddess of love and beauty, Roman Venus.
Blow, John. 1649-1708. Westminster organist. First English opera, Venus and Adonis 1685.
Botticelli, Sandro. 1445-1510. Poetic Florentine Renaissance painter: Sistine fresco 1482.Birth of Venus 1485.
Cook, James. 1728-79. English explorer. Sailed to Tahiti to see transit of Venus, 1768. Charted New Zealand 1769. Claimed Australia 1770.
Cupid. Roman god of love, son of Venus. = Eros.
Fry, Christopher. 1907-. English dramatist: Lady’s not for Burning 1948. Venus Observed. Ben Hur 1959.
Louvre. 1204 fortress. Charles V library. 1527 new palace by Lescot. 1793 converted to museum. Venus de Milo. Mona Lisa.
Nash, Ogden. 1902-71. US humorist poet. One Touch of Venus 1943. “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”
Tannhäuser. c1200-70. German legendary knight, poet who lived in the court of Venus.
Velázquez, Diego. 1599-1660. Spanish Naturalist court painter. Old Woman Frying Eggs 1618. Coronation of the Virgin 1641. Philip IV 1644. Surrender of Breda. Borrachos. Venus and Mirror 1655.
Venus. Roman goddess of love and beauty. =Aphrodite.
Venus de Milo. 150BC Greek statue found on Milos, 1820.