Venus – Maite Leon https://maiteleon.com Illustrations & art Sat, 29 Apr 2023 17:16:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://maiteleon.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/favicon-eye-3-100x100.png Venus – Maite Leon https://maiteleon.com 32 32 Venus https://maiteleon.com/venus/ Sat, 05 Sep 2020 18:34:21 +0000 https://maiteleon.com/?p=6983 Digital painting inspired by Renaissance painting “The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli (15th Century).
This is a personal interpretation, made from digital drawings inspired from vintage photographic elements.
The mythological deity, symbolizes renewal and life : Aphrodite Goddess of Desire, rose naked from the foam of the sea, riding on a scallop shell…

(Robert Graves, The Greek Myths, 1955)

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