The French Venus - version 2.1.4

The Iconography of Venus from the Middle Ages to Modern Times 'Venus-arT', 2021

The revision of the Topical Catalogue Vol 2.1 ‘The French Venus’ (2,997 artworks of 997 identified French artists) published in 2009, is a work in progress for several years. This version includes now 5,033 artworks of 1,658 artists. The compilation is updated for 1055 artists with surname in the alphabetical list [A,B,C,D]. They represent already 64% of the current list of artists. Subsequent versions will extend and correct the compilation and categorization accordingly. See about this version post 'About samples and numbers in art history' in Blog 'Iconography in Art History' http://kbender.blogspot.be/?view=magazine

The Iconography of Venus from the Middle Ages to Modern Times, 2020

Updated version of Vol 2.1 ‘The French Venus’ with 2,997 artworks of 997 identified French artists published in 2009. This version includes now 3,800 artworks of 1,231 artists. The compilation is finalized for 409 artists with surname in the alphabetical list [A,B]. They represent already 33% of the current list of artists. Subsequent versions will extend and correct the compilation accordingly. See Blog 'Iconography in Art History' http://kbender.blogspot.be/?view=magazine

The Iconography of Venus from the Middle Ages to Modern Times, 2022

The Iconography of Venus from the Middle Ages to Modern Times, 2022 The revision of the Topical Catalogue Vol 2.1 ‘The French Venus’ (2,997 artworks of 997 identified French artists) published in 2009, is a work in progress for several years. This version includes now 6,817 artworks of 2,349 identified artists. The compilation is updated for 1,997 artists with surname in the alphabetical list [A,B,C,D,E-F,G,H-I-J-K,L]. They represent 85% of the current list of artists. Subsequent versions will extend and correct the compilation through categorization of the ‘meta-data’ of the artworks into ‘topics’. See about the project webpage 'My Project' in Blog 'Iconography in Art History' https://kbender.blogspot.com/p/my-website.html?view=magazine

The Iconography of Venus from the Middle Ages to Modern Times, 2023

The Iconography of Venus from the Middle Ages to Modern Times, 2023 The revision of the Topical Catalogue Vol 2.1 ‘The French Venus’ (2,997 artworks of 997 identified French artists) published in 2009, is a work in progress for several years. It is a slow process, not in the least because the theme 'Aphrodite/Venus - the Greek/Roman Goddess' and and related Topics (-arT) has inspired the French artists more than elsewhere in Europe. This version includes now 7,453 artworks of 2,599 identified artists. The compilation is updated for artists with surname in the alphabetical list [A,B,C,D,E-F,G,H-I-J-K,L,M]. Subsequent versions will extend and correct the compilation through categorization of the ‘meta-data’ of the artworks into ‘topics’

The Iconography of Venus from the Middle Ages to Modern Times, 2020

The revision of the Topical Catalogue Vol. 2.1 ‘The French Venus’, published in 2009 in the series ‘The Iconography of Venus from the Middle Ages to Modern Times’, is a work in progress for several years. Artworks depicting Venus by French artists are continuously added to the digital research collection and their careful categorization of metadata is a time-consuming activity, following the same methodology applied in all six catalogues of the series. See Blog 'Iconography in Art History' http://kbender.blogspot.be/?view=magazine

"The paper analyses quantitatively three large data sets of artworks (7473 in total) and their artists (2374 in total) of the Low Countries, of France and of Italy from the 16th century to the present time. The time series analysis shows a clear shift of the peak production from the 16th century in Italy to the 17th century in the Low Countries and the 18th century in France. Topics ‘Venus and Cupid’ and ‘Venus and Adonis’ are among the most popular ones in Italy and France during different periods, but ‘Venus and Adonis’ is definitely the most popular topic in the Low Countries from 1600 to 1799. A ranking of the ten most productive artists in each region reveals that the artists of the Low Countries were more productive than their colleagues in France, and those in France more than the artists in Italy. The productivity of artists follows in this case study exactly the formula of Lotka, known as the law of scientific productivity: 60% of all artists in the samples create only one Venus-artwork."

2007

Compilation of 1840 artworks (sculptures, reliefs, paintings, frescoes, drawings, prints and illustrations) of 649 identified Italian artists from the Middle Ages to Modern Times. 156pp. With an Index of Artists, a Directory of Owners and an extensive Bibliography. See further details in the link. Available as paperback book($ 10.92) or as hardcover book (€ 12.00). Readers interested in the quantitative approach in art history are kindly invited to contact the author directly.

European Journal of Art, 2022

The purpose of this work is to study the transformation of the image of the goddess Venus in contemporary Italian art. Various representations of the ancient deity were studied both in traditional and new types of fine art (installation, photography, video art, digital art). Methods: The main methods were iconological and iconographic analysis, as well as a comparative approach. Results: The author comes to the conclusion that from the second half of the 20 th to the 21 st century, the artists' approaches to the image of Venus have changed significantly: if in the 20 th century they tended to preserve the ancient image and worked with its semantic by changing the context, in the 21 st century the very appearance of the goddess began to undergo transformation. In addition, it has been found that contemporary artists tend to adapt the most recognizable images of Venus, thus not working with deep narratives, but with clichés. Scientific novelty: This work is the first study of its kind, for the first time including the most relevant works created by Italian authors in recent years. Practical significance: The results of the study can be used to prepare review texts on contemporary Italian art, exhibition projects, and methodological materials.

2013

"Compilation of 2113 artworks (sculptures, reliefs, paintings, frescoes, drawings, prints and illustrations) of 912 identified artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Middle Ages to Modern Times. 197 pp. With an Index of Artists, a Directory of Owners and an extensive Bibliography. The catalogue is also available as paperback book ($14.00) or as hardcover book (€26.09): see the link." https://sites.google.com/site/venusiconography/home/topical-catalogues/volume-5-1-the-british-and-irish-venus Readers interested in the quantitative approach in art history are kindly invited to contact the author directly.