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William Adolphe Bouguereau - The Birth of VenusThe Birth of VenusWilliam Adolphe Bouguereau

One of the most famous paintings of the artist. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but the transportation of Venus in a shell (a visual metaphor for the vulva) from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus. For Bouguereau, it was truly a tour de force.

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John William Waterhouse - The Magic CircleThe Magic CircleJohn William Waterhouse

The Magic Circle is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style, created in 1886 by John William Waterhouse. The painting depicts a witch or sorceress drawing a magic circle on the earth to create a ritual space. The Magic Circle was shown at the Royal Academy in 1886, and, after Consulting the Orac...