Editing Venus (mythology) (section)

=== Art in the classical tradition ===
[[File:Aphrodite Anadyomene from Pompeii cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Venus Anadyomene|Venus rising from the sea]], alluding to the birth-myth of Greek [[Aphrodite]].<ref>[[Mary Beard (classicist)|Beard, M.]], [[Simon Price (classicist)|Price, S.]], North, J., ''Religions of Rome: Volume 2, a Sourcebook, illustrated,'' Cambridge University Press, 1998, 2.1a, p. 27</ref>  From a garden wall at the Casa della Venere in conchiglia, [[Pompeii]]. Before AD 79]]
Venus became a popular subject of [[painting]] and [[sculpture]] during the [[Renaissance]] period in Europe. As a "[[classical tradition|classical]]" figure for whom [[nudity]] was her natural state, it was socially acceptable to depict her unclothed. As the goddess of [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], a degree of erotic beauty in her presentation was justified, which appealed to many artists and their patrons. Over time, ''venus'' came to refer to any artistic depiction in post-classical art of a nude woman, even when there was no indication that the subject was the goddess.
[[File:Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere - Google Art Project - edited.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|''[[The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)|The Birth of Venus]]'', by [[Sandro Botticelli]] {{circa|1485}}–1486.]]
[[File:Jacopo Tintoretto - Venus, Mars, and Vulcan - WGA22664.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|''[[Tintoretto|Venus, Mars, and Vulcan]]'', by [[Tintoretto]] ]]
* [[The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)|''The Birth of Venus'' (Botticelli)]] ({{circa|1485}})
* ''[[Sleeping Venus (Giorgione)|Sleeping Venus]]'' ({{circa|1501}})
* ''[[Venus of Urbino]]'' (1538)
* ''[[Venus with a Mirror]]'' ({{circa|1555}})
* ''[[Rokeby Venus]]'' (1647–1651)
* ''[[Olympia (Manet)|Olympia]]'' (1863)
* [[The Birth of Venus (Cabanel)|''The Birth of Venus'' (Cabanel)]] (1863)
* [[The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau)|''The Birth of Venus'' (Bouguereau)]] (1879)
* Venus of Cherchell, Gsell museum in [[Algeria]]
* ''[[Venus Victrix (Canova)|Venus Victrix]]'', and ''Venus Italica'' by [[Antonio Canova]]

In the field of [[prehistoric art]], since the discovery in 1908 of the so-called "[[Venus of Willendorf]]" small [[Neolithic]] sculptures of rounded female forms have been conventionally referred to as [[Venus figurines]]. Although the name of the actual deity is not known, the knowing contrast between the obese and fertile [[cult figure]]s and the classical conception of Venus has raised resistance to the terminology.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}