violet-crowned

an e-shrine/aesthetic blog dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. doesn't tag NS/FW

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Statue of Venus Genetrix.

Culture: Roman

Place of origin: Roman Empire

Date: A.D. 2nd century

Medium: Marble

[woundgallery]

ana mendieta, untitled (from the silueta series), 1976

[peaceinthestorm]

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865-1953, French) ~ Les roses d’Ispahan, 1910 

[Source: 1stdibs.com]

[hildegardavon]

Aphrodite

Mirror stand with Aphrodite and Erotes, Greek Archaic Period, ca. 500 BC, bronze, 25.6 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston Inv. 04.7

*Aphrodite stands on round base; wearing boots, Ionic chiton, and peplos. Left hand holds up peplos; right hand extended with flower. Erotes wears boots. The back of the mirror's immediate support takes the form of a palmette.(MFA)

[annacosteart]

Birth of Venus 🩵✨

One of the rare instances a school assignment actually turns out good

[the-evil-clergyman]

Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis by Solomon Gibson (1812)

[7pleiades7]

Venus with the Apple (1813-1816) by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), marble, h160.8 cm, Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen

[romegreeceart]

Venus Anadyomene

* Ostia Antica, Baths of the Seven Sages

* Late second or early third century CE.

Ostia Antica, July 2015

[julieterbang]

[heaveninawildflower]

Limestone hand holding a dove (Cypriot).

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

[art-mirrors-art]

Cover of a mirror from Greece (c. 400 BCE, bronze, ± 17cm diameter), and detail depicting a scene with another mirror.  The woman also holds alabastron (perfume jar).

[bogsleep]

Swan Still Life (+ detail) by Carol Eckert cotton, linen, wire, found stand (53 x 28 x 20")

[driflloon]

alexandra @ jpg ss09

[fashionsfromhistory]

Men’s Slippers

1880s

Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter

[malnedott]

some bratz doll eyes .......

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Mourning Dove Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 Dark Forest

[takiisieju]

My rendition of Lady Aphrodite.

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This blog is witch- and pagan-friendly. Feel free to use this image in your rituals, altars etc. I would be most honored.

Check out my price list in the pinned post if you want a piece in this style.