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II.3.3 Pompeii. December 2018. Room 11, looking towards painted south wall in garden. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

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Venus in the Shell. It portrays a large and striking depiction of the goddess Venus, naked but relaxed “giving no signs of modesty, yet no signs of overt sexuality,” reclining in a shell, swelling “sails” behind her, accompanied by a cortege of two Cherubs. 

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Venus in the Shell (detail), 1st century AD, fresco

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Venus in the Shell (detail), 1st century AD, fresco

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Sandro Botticelli1483 - 1485

"The Birth of Venus" was inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. Botticelli wanted the painting to demonstrate how physical beauty could move people to divine contemplation.

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SASHA GORDON’S PAINTINGS ARE HEAVILY STEEPED IN HER EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY

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Sasha Gordon, Like Froth, 2022. Courtesy of the artist, Matthew Brown, and Rudolph Tegners Museum.

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For some of her work, Gordon draws inspiration from renaissance painters such as Botticelli, Titian, and Caravaggio.

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My Friend Will Be Me, 2022, oil on canvas, detail, 72 x 60 in.

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Seductress, 2021. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30in. 