The Birth of Venus
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The Birth of Venus, painted by Alexandre Cabanel in 1863, was part of the academic movement.
Depicted are Nymph, Venus, Aphrodite, Persephone, Libertas, Cassandra, Ceres, Eos, Eros, Cupid, with themes of love, beauty, sensuality, birth, liberty, purity, perfection, fertility, rebellion, liberation, female independance, and symbolism of pearl, seashell, water, albedo, dissolution.
Artwork painted on oil on canvas, in 19th Century France.
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