Category: The Re-Birth of Venus: Fashion & the Venus Kallipygos

Poster of Jean Harlow from the 1937 Movie Saratoga in a Dress by Dolly Tree Unknown creator, USA, 1937. Anonymous loan.

Half-scale Reproduction Toile of 1918-1919 Vionnet Dress Therese Martinez-Yu, draping exercise based on Betty Kirke’s Pattern 1 in Madeleine Vionnet (Tokyo, Japan: Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co., Ltd., 1991; reprint, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998), 47. Loan from Therese Martinez-Yu. In … Read More …

Portrait of Madame Tallien After a painting by Baron Francois Gerard, 19th century. Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France. Reproduced within ArtStor’s Terms and Conditions. This pencil on paper visual depicting Madame Tallien with one breast exposed is related to  this portrait … Read More …

The Exhibition ‘Starecase’, Somerset House Watercolour drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1800. Yale Centre for British Art (B1981.25.2893), New Haven, USA. Reproduced within ArtStor’s Terms and Conditions.

Cutout of the Left Side of the Engraving “Les Merveilleuses” Louis Darcis (?-1801) after Carle Vernet (1758-1836), 1796. Engraving “au pointillé” on paper. Museum of London, 2002.139.990. Photograph reproduced in the exhibition with permission from the Museum of London.

Detail of a Portrait of Countess Ulla von Höpken as Venus Kallipygos Marble statue by Johan Tobias Sergel, produced ca. 1780. Nationalmuseum (inv. NM Sk 360), Stockholm, Sweden. Photo © Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Reproduced with permission.

Portrait of a Roman Matrona as Venus Felix Unknown creator, produced in the 2nd century CE, but copy of a Hellenistic original. Marble. Pio-Clementino Museum (inv. 936), Vatican City. ©2006, SCALA, Florence / ART RESOURCE, N.Y. Reproduced within ArtStor’s Terms and Conditions.

Copy of Venus Kallipygos Copy by Jean-Jacques Clérion and François Barois commissioned by Louis XIV. Gardens of Versailles, France, 1686. Marble statue eventually moved to the Tuileries Gardens in Paris. Reproduced within ArtStor’s Terms and Conditions.

Venus Kallipygos– Front View National Archaeological Museum (inv. Mus. Naz. 6020), Naples, Italy. ©2006, SCALA, Florence / ART RESOURCE, N.Y. Reproduced within ArtStor’s Terms and Conditions.

Poster of the Venus Kallipygos – Back View Artflake Company, 2013. Unknown creator, possibly from Nero’s Domus Aurea, Rome, Italy, probably 1st century BCE. Marble. National Archaeological Museum (inv. Mus. Naz. 6020), Naples, Italy. Anonymous loan. Both the front and back of the statue … Read More …

Reproduction Ionic Chiton ca. 550-480 BCE White linen sewn into a tube and attached over the arms with metal pins to resemble fibulae. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© Within ancient Greek civilization, white unadorned garments were often associated with purity and required … Read More …

Toletta di Venere Caliari Paolo, ca. 1570-1585. Oil on canvas. Joslyn Art Museum (inv. 42.4), Omaha, USA. Reproduced within ArtStor’s Terms and Conditions.

“Venere uscita dal bagno in atto d’asciugarsi” (Venus leaving the bath and drying herself) Print from Domenico de Rossi & Paolo Alessandro Maffei’s Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne, 1704. The Warburg Library Institute, London, United Kingdom. Reproduced within ArtStor’s Terms … Read More …

Replica Venus Kallipygos The Museum Store Company, USA, 1997. White bonded stone. Anonymous loan. The Venus Kallipygos is readily available through novelty reproductions. This is a testimony to her continued popularity.

Print of a detail of The Birth of Venus Sandro Boticelli, Florence, Italy, ca.1485. Galleria degli Uffizi Florence Anonyous loan.

  Hunter Green Bias-cut Evening Dress Michael Kaye Couture, New York, made especially for the University of Alberta Centenary Collection in 2008. 4-ply silk satin gown and taffeta bow. On loan courtesy of Michael Kaye. Worn with: Bronze Leather T-strap … Read More …

Ivory Floral-printed Bias-cut Evening Dress Unknown creator, ca. 1930s. Silk crepe. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. Transferred from the University of Alberta Drama Department, 77.5.101. Worn with: Silver Leather Top-stitched T-strap High Heeled Shoes Hudson’s Bay Company, Edmonton, Canada, … Read More …

Crimson “Delphos” Pleated Silk Dress with Gold-stenciled Belt Designed by Mariano Fortuny, Venice, Italy. Purchased in Paris, France, by Mrs Thankmar von Münchhausen (1895-1974) in the late 1930s. Silk and Murano glass beads. Loan by the Speyart family, The Netherlands. Worn with … Read More …

Pink Evening Dress with Presentation Train Unknown maker, United Kingdom, ca. 1880s. Plain and brocaded silk faille. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. 1987.27.1 Worn with Black Ribbon Neck Ribbon with Ornament, late 19th- early 20th century. Silk, brass and … Read More …

Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1809, plate 955.  Paris. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© from an artifact in the collection of Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera. Sponsorship for this exhibition has been provided by Holt Renfrew … Read More …

Journal des Dames et des Modes, Year 11, plate 449.  Paris, 23 September 1802 – 23 September 1803. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© from an artifact in the collection of Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera. Sponsorship for … Read More …

Journal des Dames et des Modes, Year 8, plate 195. Paris, 23 September 1799 – 22 September 1800. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© from an artifact in the collection of Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera. Sponsorship for … Read More …

Journal des Dames et des Modes, Year 6, plate 40. Paris, 22 September 1797 – 21 September 1798. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© from an artifact in the collection of Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera. Sponsorship for … Read More …

Paris, 22 September 1798 – 22 September 1799. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© from an artifact in the collection of Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera. Sponsorship for this exhibition has been provided by Holt Renfrew and Redefining … Read More …

Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1798, plate 4.  Paris, ca. 30 Nivôse (19 January) 1798. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette from an artifact in the collection of Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera. Sponsorship for this exhibition … Read More …

Journal des Dames et des Modes, Year 7, plate 126. Paris, 22 September 1798 – 22 September 1799. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© from an artifact in the collection of Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera. Sponsorship for … Read More …

White Muslin High-waisted and Short-sleeved Dress with Silver Dot Decoration Unknown creator and place of origin, ca. 1808-1812. Cotton muslin and silver foil. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. University of Alberta School of Household Economics, 1974.9.4 Artifact adopted by … Read More …