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Tori Amos: To Venus and Back
To Venus and BackAtlantic What was initially envisioned as a small-scale project turned into a big one when Tori Amos was struck by inspiration in the midst of assembling some b-sides and…Amy Lowell: Venus Transiens
Venus TransiensAmy LowellTell me, Was Venus more beautiful Than you are, When she topped The crinkled waves, Drifting shoreward On her plaited shell? Was Botticelli's vision Fairer than mine…Aesop's Fables: Venus and the Cat
by Aesop The Farmer and the FoxThe Crow and the SwanVenus and the Cat A Cat fell in love with a handsome young man, and begged the goddess Venus to change her into a woman. Venus was very…Brewer's: Venus de Medicis
supposed to be the production of Cleomenes of Athens, who lived in the second century before the Christian era. In the seventeenth century it was dug up in the villa of Hadrian, near…Brewer's: Zeuxis
(2 syl.), a Grecian painter, is said to have painted some grapes so well that the birds came and pecked at them. Een as poor birds, deceived with painted grapes, Do surfeit by the eye, and…Brewer's: Wat
A familar name for a hare. By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill, Stands on his hinder legs, with listening ear. Shakespeare:…Boucher, François
(Encyclopedia) Boucher, FrançoisBoucher, FrançoisfräNswäˈ b&oomacr;shāˈ [key], 1703–70, French painter. Boucher's art embodied the spirit of his time; it was elegant, frivolous, and artificial.…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Translations
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Queen MabTranslationsOf the Translations that follow a few were published by Shelley himself, others by Mrs. Shelley in the "Posthumous Poems", 1824, or the "Poetical Works…Brewer's: Hunters and Runners
of classic renown: ACASTOS, who took part in the famous Calydonian hunt (a wild boar). ACTÆON, the famous huntsman who was transformed by Diana into a stag, because he chanced to see her…Delvaux, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Delvaux, Paul, 1897–1994, Belgian painter. Delvaux, influenced by Magritte and Chirico, created meticulous surreal compositions based on Renaissance ideas of perspective and peopled…Trending
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