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    The Capitoline Venus is a type of statue of Venus, specifically one of several Venus Pudica (modest Venus) types (others include the Venus de' Medici type)...
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    The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill...
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    art. Variants of the Venus Pudica (suggesting an action to cover the breasts) are the Venus de' Medici and the Capitoline Venus. The Aphrodite of Knidos...
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  • The Capitoline Venus is a chamber opera in one act composed by Ulysses Kay to a libretto by Judith Dvorkin based on Mark Twain's 1869 satirical short story...
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    highlights. The pose of the Venus resembles the classical statues of the Venus de' Medici in Florence or the Capitoline Venus in Rome, which Titian may...
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    ancient painting known to Botticelli. Capitoline Venus, derived from Aphrodite of Cnidus Venus de' Medici Greco-Roman Venus Anadyomene Greco-Roman bronze statuette...
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    BC) Venus Pudica Capitoline Venus Venus de' Medici Esquiline Venus Venus Felix Venus of Arles Venus Anadyomene (also here) Venus, Pan and Eros Venus Genetrix...
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    The Campo Iemini Venus is a marble sculpture of the Venus Pudica/Capitoline Venus type. It was unearthed in the spring of 1792 among other sculptures in...
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    Borghese Venus, 2nd century CE Roman marble copy of the Aphrodite of Cnidus (Capitoline Venus subtype). Once in the Borghese collection, it now resides...
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    band mewithoutYou. Mark Twain's 1869 short story "The Legend of the Capitoline Venus" was inspired by the Cardiff Giant, and the ghost of the Giant is a...
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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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    The Temple of Venus Erycina (Latin: Aedes Veneris Erycinae) was a temple on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome dedicated to Venus Erycina. This was an...
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  • Temple of Venus may refer to: Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome Temple of Venus and Roma in Rome Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill) in Rome Temple...
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    Aphrodite of Cnidus (particularly of the Capitoline Venus type) but does not follow it strictly (the Tauride Venus, though well-proportioned and fully nude...
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    12°28′59″E / 41.89333°N 12.48306°E / 41.89333; 12.48306 The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill (/ˈkæpɪtəlaɪn, kəˈpɪt-/ KAP-it-ə-lyne, kə-PIT-; Italian: Campidoglio...
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    Aphrodite of Menophantos (category Capitoline Venuses)
    marble statue of the goddess Venus. Its design takes the form of "Venus Pudica", based on another statue, the Capitoline Venus. It was found at the Camaldolese...
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    Hermes Bronze Statuette of Athletic Spartan Girl Bust of Antinous Capitoline Venus Daidala Diadumenos Dipylon inscription Funerary naiskos of Aristonautes...
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    Twins" "Speech at the Scottish Banquet in London" "A Ghost Story" "The Capitoline Venus" "Speech on Accident Insurance" "John Chinaman in New York" "How I...
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    The Capitoline Venus (Capitoline Museums), an Antonine copy of a late Hellenistic sculpture that ultimately derives from Praxiteles....
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    summer days. The original statues of the grotto; a figure of Venus similar to the Capitoline Venus and two putti are no longer there, but traces of the monochrome...
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    Greatest'), was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill. It was surrounded by the Area Capitolina, a precinct where numerous...
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  • The Barberini Venus, Jenkins Venus or Weddell Venus is a sculpture and copy of the Aphrodite of Cnidus, along the lines of the Venus de Medici. Its torso...
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  • D'Virgilio 3:55 3. "Lanterna" Gregory Spawton Gregory Spawton 6:29 4. "Capitoline Venus" Gregory Spawton Gregory Spawton 2:26 5. "A Room with No Ceiling" instrumental...
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    Temple of Venus Genetrix (Latin: Templum Veneris Genetricis) is a ruined temple in the Forum of Caesar, Rome, dedicated to the Roman goddess Venus Genetrix...
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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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    the "Venus Pudica", which covers her nudity with her arms, as seen in the Capitoline Venus—sometimes attributed to Praxiteles himself—or the Venus Calypigia...
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  • Erycina. Erycinae, a subfamily of snakes Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill) Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal Hill) This disambiguation page lists...
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    statue of Modesty that was based on the free-standing statue of the Capitoline Venus in Rome. After the Bourbon Restoration, he was given a commission to...
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    the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill) List of Ancient Roman temples Crawford, Roman Republican...
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  • 1956, premiered 1962) The Boor (composed 1955, premiered 1968) The Capitoline Venus (composed 1969, premiered 1971) Jubilee (composed 1974–1976, premiered...
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