The Birth of Venus, a painting by the Italian artist Botticelli, depicts the goddess Venus at the shore after her birth.
The painting’s distorted figures and intense emotion make it one of the most famous political artworks ... The Birth of Venus ...
Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the Roman city buried in an eruption ... "In the shimmering light, the paintings would have almost come to life," he said.