{"product_id":"picturing-venus","title":"Picturing Venus Catalogue","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished on the occasion of the exhibition Picturing Venus at the Hunterian, March to June 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beautifully illustrated book examines the representation of goddess Venus in art through the extensive collection of engravings held at the Hunterian. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ancient Roman goddess Venus, known as Aphrodite in Greek, features prominently in Renaissance art as a symbol of female beauty. This book presents new research examining the occurrence of Venus’s image in art and the myths associated with her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book features some of the most beautiful engravings from the Hunterian collection, including such masterpieces as Dürer’s Adam and Eve of 1504 and Marcantonio’s Judgement of Paris of c.1510. The text documents how the image of Venus was prized and used in the earliest art academies, in the form of plaster casts, drawings and, most effectively of all, engravings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Flexiback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 88\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 25cm x 25cm x 0.9cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Peter Black and Genevieve Warwick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDate published:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9 March 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9780992838300\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTERIAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1290649716,"sku":"229753","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/7289\/files\/Picturing_Venus_Catalogue_1.jpg?v=1684945449","url":"https:\/\/www.universityofglasgowshops.com\/products\/picturing-venus","provider":"University of Glasgow","version":"1.0","type":"link"}