Aphrodite Goddess of Love

A Visit to the Gallery by Pier Celestino Gilardi, The University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Aphrodite (or Venus) has been the subject of artwork for centuries. Check out Worshipping Aphrodite: Art and Cult in Classical Athens to read about her earliest representations. This late 19th century painting concentrates on the clothing and the decor that surrounds the "Aphrodites" of their day.