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Top 10 Posters of Goddesses

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

Images from Greece, Rome and more modern imagination, featuring feminine divinities. Athena, Venus, Diana and others of the artist's imagination. An assortment from Botticelli to Susan Seddon Boulet to modern photography.

1. Nefertari Preceeded by Goddess Isis

An image from classic Egypt.
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2. The Birth of Venus

By Sandro Botticelli (1480) - famous Renaissance image, irreverently known as "Venus on the half-shell."
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3. Athena

By Susan Seddon Boulet. A modern image of the ancient goddess of wisdom.
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4. An Allegory with Venus and Cupid

By Agnolo Bronzino. Venus with playful children.
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5. Detail : Venus and the Three Graces

By Sandro Botticelli - another art print with classical resonance.
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6. Venus and Adonis

By Antonio Canova - an art poster.
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7. Diana the Huntress

By Peggy Abrams - poster showing a vase with an image of Diana in her hunting dress.
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8. Goddess Hathor

Image of the Egyptian goddess Hathor.
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9. Isis and Osiris

By Susan Seddon Boulet. The ancient couple of Egyptian mythology.
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10. "Goddess of Liberty" -- the Statue of Liberty, New York

A rendering of the image of Lady Liberty, or, as she was known in China during the abortive student uprising, the Goddess of Liberty.
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