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ID: 901002070
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002070
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Birth of Venus (Roman narrative)

Note: After Uranus' castration, Venus rises from the sea.

Names:
Birth of Venus (Roman narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Nascita di Venere (Roman narrative) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman narratives> (P)
............Birth of Venus (Roman narrative) (I)
Related Iconography:
meaning/usage overlaps with .... Venus Anadyomene
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman allegory, symbolism, theme, Venus Anadyomene (Roman theme)) [901002071]
protagonist is .... Venus
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Venus (Roman deity)) [901001064]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Birth of Venus (Roman narrative)
................Roberts, Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography (2013)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)
Nascita di Venere (Roman narrative)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92C411 birth of Venus
................ Grove Art Online (2008-)
................ Roberts, Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography (2013)

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