Veneris

From Dante Gabriel Rossetti's redhead "Fair Rosamund" (1863) to Edward Burne-Jones's "Laus Veneris" (1873-8) and the spectacular orange dresses of the female trio of Albert Moore's "Midsummer" (1887), we can trace changes to the ideal of feminine beauty.

A Self-Conscious Pursuit of Beauty in Art Paul Levy 2011

Friday, Veneris in Latin, named after Venus, is the day Adam and Eve were born.

Gahl Eden Sasson: Rosh Hashanah: Why It's Your Real Birthday 2010

Friday, Veneris in Latin, named after Venus, is the day Adam and Eve were born.

Gahl Eden Sasson: Rosh Hashanah: Why It's Your Real Birthday 2010

Friday, Veneris in Latin, named after Venus, is the day Adam and Eve were born.

Gahl Eden Sasson: What Is Rosh Hashanah and Why Should I Care? 2009

Today Veneris lives with Bei Xirong, 70, "my much better half."

Scars No One Sees 2008

In contrast, the raspy-voiced Veneris is delighted to chat about practically any topic.

Scars No One Sees 2008

Veneris, now 78, prefers to see himself as a good-will ambassador.

Scars No One Sees 2008

Veneris, a Pennsylvania coal miner's son, chose work.

Scars No One Sees 2008

In this sense it was that Varro employed "vivere," when he said: "Young women, make haste to live, you whom adolescence permits to enjoy, to eat, to love, and to occupy the chariot of Venus (Veneris tenere bigas)."

Satyricon 2007

Eros et anteros gemelli Veneris, amatio et redamatio.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007