Venus and Mars is the fourth studio album by the British–American rock band Wings. Released in May 1975 as the follow-up to Band on the Run, Venus and Mars continued Wings' run of commercial success and provided a springboard for a year-long worldwide tour.

Venus and Mars (or Mars and Venus) is a panel painting of about 1485 by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. [2] It shows the Roman gods Venus , goddess of love, and Mars , god of war, in an allegory of beauty and valour.

Old Venus is a "retro Venus science fiction"-themed anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, published on March 3, 2015. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All of the stories are set on the planet Venus as styled in the pre-space probe pulp magazines of the 1930s through the 1950s, when the planet was presumed to have a high likelihood of being ...

Mar 30, 2023 · Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli has been dated around 1485 and has had numerous interpretations around its meaning. The more popular theory about why it was painted is that it could have been made for a wedding and as a spalliera, which refers to a type of headboard or panel placed behind a bed.

Oct 27, 2015 · I admit I waffled a bit over reading the George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois edited anthologies, Old Mars and Old Venus. These were put together as a nostalgic celebration of the Planetary Romance era of science fiction from the 1930s through the '50s.

Jan 22, 2015 · There’s been something of a resurgence of interest in classic planetary space opera in the last few years. Just look at Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin’s retro-pulp style anthologies Old Mars and Old Venus.

Venus was the goddess of love and beauty. With her exquisite features and pleasant smile she attracted many suitors, gods and mortals alike. However, she was married to the graceless and lame Vulcan, the god of fire. Her true love was Mars, the god of war. Their child was the beautiful goddess Harmonia.

Dec 30, 2011 · The painting entitled Venus and Mars was completed by the Florentine artist, Sandro Botticelli around 1485 and the nineteenth-century title of the painting alludes to two mythological people who had an adulterous affair.

Apr 13, 2022 · Detail of ‘Venus and Mars’ (c 1485) by Sandro Botticelli. What I like about this painting is the very directness of the scene. The artist, Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510), has managed to fill an extraordinary amount of detail into the …

Mar 8, 2024 · Sandro Botticelli’s “Mars and Venus” is a captivating painting that epitomizes the humanist interest in classical mythology during the Renaissance. This work, believed to have been painted in the late 1480s, is now housed in the National Gallery, London.