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    aqueduct. The Venus Fountain in the centre of the square was constructed in 1953, designed by sculptor Gilbert Ledward. The fountain depicts Venus, and on the...
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    The fountain of Venus (Spanish: Fuente de Venus) is installed in Mexico City's Alameda Central, in Mexico. It was gifted to Maximilian in 1866 by its...
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  • entire fountain is made of terra-cotta. The statue of Queen Victoria at the summit was destroyed by lightning and replaced by a copy. The Venus Fountain in...
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    recondite epithet" as reference to a mooted "Fountain of Acidalia" (fons acidalia) where the Graces (Venus' daughters) were said to bathe; but he also...
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    showed the goddess Venus wringing her hair. The planet Venus was governed by Capricorn, which was the emblem of Cosimo; the fountain symbolized that he...
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    courtyard is the Fountain of Venus, the only fountain in the Villa which retains its original appearance and decoration. The fountain, designed by Raffaelo...
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    the simple water fountain in the niche of the grotto with two streams of water, and added a white marble statue representing Venus in her bath. In 1864...
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    Venus Anadyomene (Greek: Ἀναδυόμενη, "Venus, Rising from the Sea") is one of the iconic representations of the goddess Venus (Aphrodite), made famous in...
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    flowering shrubs. The largest feature of the garden is the bronze fountain representing "Venus in her shell chariot attended by cherubs", by the American sculptor...
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    carved dolphins, shells, and tridents. These refer to Venus and the sea. There were three fountain basins: one at the front of the façade and one on either...
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    Désespoire Fountain of Mercury Fountain of Neptune Fountain of Venus Fountain of Virgin (central fountain) Gladiador frigio Gladiador romano La Primavera Las Danaides...
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    terraforming of Venus or the terraformation of Venus is the hypothetical process of engineering the global environment of the planet Venus in order to make...
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    triumphal arch Venus fountain and pavilion dedicated to Samson Flower garden with the round staircase and the Slave Gate behind it Fountain and side view...
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    The Venus de' Medici or Medici Venus is a 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) tall Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite. It is a 1st-century...
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    lion heads spouting water. The upper part of each fountain was different; Carré des Ambassadeurs - a Venus brushing her hair, surrounded by roses and flowing...
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    two Venus types found almost exclusively in Pompeii, Venus Pompeiana ("Venus of Pompeii") and Venus Pescatrice ("Venus the Fisher-woman"). Venus Pompeiana...
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    versions of Venus and Musician, which may be known by various other titles specifying the elements, such as Venus with an Organist, Venus with a Lute-player...
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  • nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded...
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    as a classical Venus anadyomene ("Venus wringing out her hair") by Giambologna. The fountains were the earliest fully sculptural fountain complexes set...
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    The Worship of Venus is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Titian completed between 1518 and 1519, housed at the Museo del Prado in Madrid...
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    as Lorenzo Lotto's Venus and Cupid, might also feature urinating boys. The puer mingens was prominently incorporated into fountains that would shoot water...
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    leading into the basin. The column-shaped fountain in the middle of the pool is crowned with the figures of Venus and Cupid, suggesting that the bath serves...
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    attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor /ˈɑːmɔːr/ (Latin: Amor...
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    roses. In the center of the labyrinth was fountain crowned by a statue of Venus. A second, larger fountain, crowned with a bronze statue of Hercules defeating...
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    A composition of Venus and Adonis by the Venetian Renaissance artist Titian has been painted a number of times, by Titian himself, by his studio assistants...
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    Twenty-four steps below it there is a fountain basin with a gilt sculpture "Amor shooting an arrow". A sculpture of "Venus and Adonis" is placed between the...
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    9-acre (0.77 ha) village green (Northrup Park), a bandstand, and a public fountain. The focal point is Northrup Park, laid out in 1813 for use by the local...
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  • the cult of Venus, located somewhere in Sicily, involving the whole town in religious festivities joined with a deep sense of nature and Venus as the "procreatrix"...
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  • Stallone, Tobias Segal, Stu Nahan, Dolph Lundgren, Burgess Meredith, Mr. T 21 Venus Miramax Films / FilmFour / UK Film Council / Free Range Films Roger Michell...
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