Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1445-1510) – Birth of Venus, 1485 (Tempera on canvas. The Uffizi) – The composition shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the island of Cyprus, born of the sea spray and blown there by the winds, Zephyr and, perhaps, Aura. She is met by a young woman,…
John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917) – Boreas, 1903 (Oil on canvas) – – Boreas is the name given by Ovidius to the cold northern wind. He can be seen in this painting only by the trees and clothes bending by his force. The woman that he is trying to catch is the Athenian princess, Oreithyia,…
John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917) - Windflowers (Windswept), 1903 (Oil on canvas) - - A carefully-crafted full-length portrait of a woman in long, loose dress, the subject is seen struggling with the wind which flusters her hair and clothing, whilst she clings onto her recently collected…