Venus. Buenos Aires, summer 2014. Painting, Oil on canvas, Size: 43.3 W x 59 H in ( 110 W x 150 H cm). © 2014 Florencia San Martin Brück/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite for Roman art and Latin literature. Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility and prosperity. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. Julius Caesar claimed her as his ancestor. Venus was central to many religious…
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