This painting depicts of the Greek godess, Venus arriving at the shore of the island Cythera after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea as a fully-grown person. On the left, Zephyrus (god of wind) carries nymph Chloris also known as 'Aura' as he blows the wind to guide Venus. On the shore, Pomona, goddess of Spring awaits for Venus with mantle in hand to cover her. This was painted by Sandro Botticelli in mid 1480s. This makes a Renaissance painting with the layout of the picture that has lots of things to look at in the background.
Birth of Venus
This painting depicts of the Greek godess, Venus arriving at the shore of the island Cythera after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea as a fully-grown person. On the left, Zephyrus (god of wind) carries nymph Chloris also known as 'Aura' as he blows the wind to guide Venus. On the shore, Pomona, goddess of Spring awaits for Venus with mantle in hand to cover her. This was painted by Sandro Botticelli in mid 1480s. This makes a Renaissance painting with the layout of the picture that has lots of things to look at in the background.
Adoration of the child
Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England by Flemish artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck, showing the King from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three quarter profile. [more]
The Shrimp Girl
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London. [more]
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London. [more]
Disputation of the Holy Sacrament
Also known as Disputa. This painting has been painted by the Italian artist, well known as Raphael. It was painted between 1509-1510. Only the first part of Raphael's work to decorate the frescoes of the rooms of Stanze della Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican. This makes a Renaissance piece because there is perspective shown throughout, especially in the middle where there are bigger figures in the front and smaller in the back.
Madonna of the rocks
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
Medusa
Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. [more]
Girl with a pearl Earring
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
Girl with a pearl earring
'Girl with a Pearl Earring' is painted by Johannes Vermeer. It is a tronie of a girl wearing a headscarf and most importantly, the pearl earring. This was painted in the late Renaissance period, 1665. This painting is not meant to be a portrait but a 'tronie' of a European girl wearing an exotic dress and oriental turban, and a large pearl earring. This makes it a Renaissance painting as it has an idea that shifted to Asia and the voyages that happened during the Renaissance era.
