Venus Verticordia ("Changer of Hearts" or "Heart-Turner") was an aspect of the Roman goddess Venus conceived as having the power to convert either virgins...
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Venus Verticordia (1864–1868) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti is a semi-nude depiction of the goddess Venus, portrayed as a young woman with a golden halo and...
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Likewise, a shrine to Venus Verticordia ("Venus the changer of hearts"), established in 114 BC but with links to an ancient cult of Venus-Fortuna, was "bound...
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Veneralia (redirect from Venus festival)
honor of Venus Verticordia ("Venus the changer of hearts") and Fortuna Virilis ("Manly" or "Virile Fortune"). The cult of Venus Verticordia was established...
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celebrated in honor of Venus Verticordia. Rubens thought highly of Titian and made a copy of the Venetian master's The Worship of Venus which remained in Rubens'...
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comparable to Fortuna Virilis in her man-pleasing aspect, and to Venus Obsequens and Venus Verticordia as goddesses who encouraged good marital relations. Unlike...
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Guillemot Venus Anadyomene (1848) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Venus Disrobing for the Bath (1867) by Frederic Leighton Venus Verticordia (1868) by...
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manly") was cultivated by women only. She shared a festival day with Venus Verticordia on April 1 (Kalendae Aprilis), which first appears with the name Veneralia...
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move towards depicting the effects of love became explicit in Venus Verticordia ("Venus the turner of hearts"), painted by Rossetti in the mid-1860s....
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Agnes of Intercession (1850; 1860) Troy Town (1863–1864; 1869–1870) Venus Verticordia (for a picture; 1868 January 16; 1863–1869) William and Marie. A Ballad...
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and more luxurious" in the next decade, and included Bocca Baciata, Venus Verticordia, Beata Beatrix, The Blue Bower, Monna Vanna, Regina Cordium, and Lady...
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("Manly good fortune") and Venus Verticordia ("Venus changer of hearts") conjointly, at the Veneralia festival. Venus Verticordia was introduced by the elite...
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Sulpicius Paterculus, the father of Sulpicia, who dedicated the temple of Venus Verticordia. Sulpicia Ser. f., who married Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, was thought...
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integrity (pudicitia) earned her the honor of instituting the cult of Venus Verticordia. The historicity of Sulpicia is generally accepted, though doubted...
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Leyland considered the original too earthy. Similarly, the painting Venus Verticordia (1864–1868), originally modelled by a near six-foot-tall cook, was...
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Wilding's face had earlier replaced the face in another painting Venus Verticordia. Despite Rossetti's record of serial liaisons with his models, there...
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painted many more aestheticism paintings in his life, including “Venus Verticordia” and “Proserpine.” According to Christopher Dresser, the primary element...
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, such as Millais's Pot Pourri and Rossetti's Venus Verticordia. The pose of the figure also resembles Thomas Woolner's sculpture...
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Apuleius contains a scene in which the goddess Isis, who is identified with Venus, instructs the main character, Lucius, who has been transformed into a donkey...
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crimes. Upon consultation with the Sibylline books, a new temple to Venus Verticordia was constructed, and a rare instance of human sacrifice was carried...
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(1863) The Beloved (1865–1866) Monna Vanna (1866) Monna Rosa (1867) Venus Verticordia (1864–1868) Pia de' Tolomei (c. 1868) Beata Beatrix (c. 1864–1870)...
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Tranquillitas Trivia Tutela Tutelina Ultio Vacuna Vallonia Venilia Venus Venus Castina Venus Verticordia Veritas Vesta Vica Pota Victoria Viriplaca Virtus Volumna...
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(1863) The Beloved (1865–1866) Monna Vanna (1866) Monna Rosa (1867) Venus Verticordia (1864–1868) Pia de' Tolomei (c. 1868) Beata Beatrix (c. 1864–1870)...
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Rome Temple of Aegeria (Templum Aegeria), Torre Gaia, Rome Temple of Venus Verticordia (Templum Veneris Verticordiae), Torre Gaia, Rome Temple of Neptune...
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interpreting her as a "goddess of sloth and laziness". Vallis Murcia Venus Verticordia and Murcia Humphrey 1986, p. 95. Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek...
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several men of the governing class, in the wake of which a temple to Venus Verticordia was founded. Although the English word "incest" derives from the Latin...
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(1863) The Beloved (1865–1866) Monna Vanna (1866) Monna Rosa (1867) Venus Verticordia (1864–1868) Pia de' Tolomei (c. 1868) Beata Beatrix (c. 1864–1870)...
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(1863) The Beloved (1865–1866) Monna Vanna (1866) Monna Rosa (1867) Venus Verticordia (1864–1868) Pia de' Tolomei (c. 1868) Beata Beatrix (c. 1864–1870)...
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Rome Temple of Aegeria (Templum Aegeria), Torre Gaia, Rome Temple of Venus Verticordia (Templum Veneris Verticordiae), Torre Gaia, Rome Temple of Neptune...
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Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (See also 1867 version in Birmingham) [67] Venus Verticordia 1864–68 Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth [68] Woman...
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