Not to be confused with the Botticelli, Bouguereau and Steinbrück paintings of the same name.
The Birth of Venus provides examples of:
- Art Imitates Art: The Birth of Venus is said to be one of the more famous works of art directly inspired by the Trope Codifier of the Reclining Venus Sleeping Venus.
- Blow That Horn: The use of horns and trumpets as heraldry for great kings and warriors is Played With in this piece. To announce the arrival of a queen of love, the trumpets used are tiny conch shells and the soldiers who blow them are little baby angels.
- The Burlesque of Venus: Subverted. While the painting shares the same name and subject matter as the more famous Botticelli painting, the painting borrows more from Giorgione's Sleeping Venus in terms of composition.
- Cherubic Choir: Venus is accompanied by a choir of winged putti (more famously called cherubs) playing music with conch-shells
- Our Nudity Is Different: Nothing special for a Reclining Venus, portraying the Roman Goddess of Love as nude after having been born. The same goes for the putti hovering over her like seagulls.
- Putto: Five nearly identical babies with white wings and curly hair blow conch shells while flying over the lying body of Venus. They look quite like Cupid and seem to either be trying to wake Venus up or let others know of her arrival in the world.
- Protagonist Title: The painting depicts Love Goddess Venus right as she's born from sea foam.
- Reclining Venus: One of the more famous examples, it features the Trope Namer Venus reclining against the waves
- The Time of Myths: After being born from the sea foam, Love Goddess Venus is reclined on the sea and accompanied by Putti.
- Walk on Water: More like reclining on water seeing that there's no indication of a stone bed below her. This is fitting because Venus is born from sea foam so, in a sense, it's normal that she doesn't sink.
- Water Is Womanly: The painting depicts the Roman Goddess of Love reclining on the sea she was just born from.
- The X of Y: The title is fashioned this way.
