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the-evil-clergyman · 9 months

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Venus and Anchises by William Blake Richmond (1889-90)

#william blake richmond #art #paintings #fine art #19th century #19th century art #academism #academicism #academic art #painting #english artist #british artist #mythology #greek mythology #greek goddess #venus #aphrodite #anchises #classic art

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corneliusgaiman · 4 months

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William Blake Richmond's Venus and Anchises (1889 or 1890).

#William Blake Richmond #Venus #Anchises #greek mythology #art

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moonstoast · 1 year

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@ smallestworlds on tiktok // azra t // venus and anchises by william blake richmond // joseph larusso // relative fiction by julien baker // god is a woman music video

#words #web weave #art #web weaving #prose #paintings #poetry #parallels #comparatives #girlhood #femininity #womanhood #on girlhood #feminine

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princesssarisa · 1 year

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Character ask: Aphrodite

Favorite thing about them: She's a fascinating figure, full of potential for stories: a stunningly, irresistibly beautiful goddess who embodies romantic love and sexuality, who can be cruel and kind in equal measure, just like love itself. It's no wonder that she's captivated writers and artists for centuries.

Least favorite thing about them: As I said above, she can be cruel: for example, in her treatment of Psyche, and her role in starting the Trojan War. Of course this is true for most of the Greek gods and goddesses, not just her.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I'm passionate.

*I love romance (in stories, at least) and visual beauty.

*I can be hot-tempered and petty sometimes.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm not irresistibly alluring to men.

*I don't take vicious offense when people consider other women more beautiful than I am.

*Unlike her traditional depiction, I'm not blonde.

Favorite line: I'd need to read through all the various mythology sources to find one.

brOTP: Her son Eros, when she's not abusing his future wife Psyche.

OTP: Her various famous lovers (Ares, Anchises, Adonis), and in some modern retellings, her husband Hephaestus.

nOTP: Any of her own children, or anyone she's put a curse on.

Random headcanon: If there's a place where the gods and goddesses of different cultures can meet, then when she visits that place, I'm sure she enjoys lording her fame over other love-goddesses like Inanna and Freya. None of them embody love and beauty throughout Western art and popular culture the way she does.

Unpopular opinion: I'm not sure how to feel about the traditional portrayal of her marriage to Hephaestus, or about revisionist versions thereof. On the one hand, I understand the urge to deconstruct the tradition of "beautiful goddess despises her ugly husband and has affairs willy-nilly with handsomer gods and men." By pure instinct, I like seeing them reimagined as a happily married couple. But at the same time, I think of all the discourse surrounding the Hades and Persephone myth, and apply the same thoughts here. Arguably, the fact that Aphrodite is forced into a loveless marriage reflects the experience of most women in ancient Greece, and the fact that she does have affairs willy-nilly – and that she's the goddess of love but not of marriage – reflects the separation between marriage and love in ancient Greek culture. Ultimately, I'm open to both types of retelling, just like I'm open both to "happily married Persephone" and "unhappily married Persephone" in portrayals of the Underworld.

Song I associate with them: None.

Favorite picture of them:

The Aphrodite of Knidos:

The Aphrodite of Milos, or as it's better known in pop culture, the Venus de Milo:

Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus:

Alexandre Cabanel's The Birth of Venus:

The Sleeping Venus by Giorgione and Titian:

Titian's Venus of Urbino, assuming she really is the goddess and not just a courtesan:

Titian's Venus with a Mirror:

Jacques-Louis David's Mars Being Disarmed by Venus:

William Blake Richmond's Venus and Anchises:

This illustration of her birth from D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths:

Marilee Heyer's illustration of her birth from Doris Orgel's book We Goddesses:

Aphrodite as she appears in Disney's Hercules – not high art, but she is cute:

#character ask #aphrodite #venus #greek mythology #roman mythology #goddess #ask game #tw: nudity

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alandofmyth · 2 years

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Some of my favourite paintings currently on display at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

From top to bottom, left to right:

Dante's Dream - Dante Gabriel Rossetti

On the Terrace - Edward John Poynter

Horse Frightened by a Lion - George Stubbs

Venus and Anchises - William Blake Richmond

One of the Family - Frederick George Cotman

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve - Arthur Trevethin Nowell

Echo and Narcissus - John William Waterhouse

Perseus and Andromeda - Lord Frederic Leighton

Dante and Beatrice - Henry Holiday

#national museums #artblr #victorian narrative painting #victorian high art #echo and narcissus #adam and eve #dante #dante and beatrice #perseus #andromeda #greek mythology #venus #venus and anchises

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bellamyroselia · 2 years

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Late night doodle I quite liked, inspired by stuff such as this post by @alexandrhea , William Blake Richmond's Venus and Anchises, William-Adolphe Bouguereau's The Birth of Venus and this.

#late night doodling #v&a served as an inspiration for the dress. tbov was the pose inspiration #and yes that dress is intended to be mint green and gray #sound hideous on paper but it's not actually that bad color combination.#doodle #drawing #hope you don't mind this #probably not the best choice of outfit but then again the lady in strength card also wears a dress #maybe it would be more fitting with different colors but there's a synchronized skating team sized fungus in my brain #therefore mint green & gray it is

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mag-gieee · 2 years

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These are two depictions of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. In the first image, she is surrounded by flowers. They seem to be roses, which is a symbol of Aphrodite. She is also in a yellow gown, and it looks like she is glowing. These two details represent Aphrodite's beauty and her immortality. The other person that is depicted in the image is a mortal shepherd named Anchises, who she had an affair with. The second image shows Aphrodite standing on a seashell in the ocean. The huge seashell is also a symbol for Aphrodite, and the waves behind her represent her origins. Aphrodite was born from Ouranos's severed genitals that were thrown into the ocean. She is once again in a yellow dress and is glowing, further showing her attractiveness.

Venus and Anchises (1889 or 1890) by William Blake Richmond https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/NwFx7tib70X5aQ

https://whiteroseofavalon.life/2021/07/28/sacred-objects-to-the-goddess-aphrodite/

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taratarotgreene · 2 months

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Venus in Pisces, High Times, Denial and Soul Mates

William Blake Richmond – Venus and Anchises – Google Art Project.jpg https://w.wiki/_taep Venus, Goddess of Love, Beauty, Harmony, Arts,Illusions and Denial dives into the 12th sign PISCES, March 11- April 4/5 swimming in an ocean of Bliss, Onenenss, high romance, illusions, spirituality, dreams, creativity and addictions. Venus is exalted in PISCES as she was born from the Ocean, and when…

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soulmaking · 2 years

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Venus and Anchises, William Blake Richmond (1889/1890)

#painting #art #venus and anchises #venus #aphrodite #anchises #greek mythology #roman mythology #classics #william blake richmond

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gunnr-lp · 4 years

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Venus and Anchises [1888-89]

Artist: Sir William Blake Richmond

#arts #roman mythology #greek mythology #legend #venus #aphrodite #anchises #sir william blake richmond #william richmond

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sweet-child-of-the-paradise-city · 6 years

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Venus and Anchises (about 1889-90 - Oil on canvas) - William Blake Richmond - Walker Art Gallery - Liverpool - 26/07/18

In the Roman myth, Venus fell in love with Anchises at Jupiter's instigation. Their son would become the great hero Aeneas. Here Venus visits Anchises on Mount Ida. The artist saw her arrival as symbolising the coming of Spring - as she approaches blossom and flowers appear and doves fly around. For Richmond, as for the classical writers whom he read so avidly, love was the greatest creative force in nature. Love is the true subject of this picture, rather than just a lovers' meeting.

#caroline talks #caroline takes pictures #william blake richmond #art #fine art #fineart #art history #roman mythology #venus #anchises #walker art gallery #liverpool #holiday finds

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1five1two · 3 years

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