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Keywords: Venus Lights the Tower on Fire while Danger, Fear, and Shame Flee - Google Art Project.jpg This last miniature of the Romance of the Rose shows the final battle for the tower where the rose is kept under guard The lover enlists the aid of Venus the goddess of love who shoots a flaming arrow to set the building on fire In the image Venus winged and crowned gestures in triumph to the flaming tower To the right the rose's vigilant guardians Danger Fear and Shame abandon their posts in defeat throwing down their keys as they flee Soon after the Lover wins the rose He describes his victory in the final words of the text With great joy I plucked the flower from the leaves of the rosebush and thus I have my red rose Then it was day and I awoke None 430703 Unknown /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/venus-lights-the-tower-on-fire-while-danger-fear-and-shame-flee-unknown/6822568/ Unknown illuminator /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/ The J Paul Getty Museum 343005 http //www getty edu/museum 3/12/2012 5 09 26 PM /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/venus-lights-the-tower-on-fire-while-danger-fear-and-shame-flee-unknown/6822568/ 1405 about 1405 Shame Castles Venus Danger Fear Tempera colors gold leaf and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with dark red morocco 367 6822568 True 1405 3/25/2012 11 32 34 AM lido getty edu-gm-obj5743 http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 5743 http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html Folio 1400 1410 Paris France Creation w260 x h367 cm about 1405 False 0 66796875 Part venus-lights-the-tower-on-fire-while-danger-fear-and-shame-flee-unknown Venus Lights the Tower on Fire while Danger Fear and Shame Flee v 260 Tempera colors gold leaf and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with dark red morocco Shame Castles Venus Danger Fear http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html special url_id 5QH217OgAwrBCQ PD-old-100 Google Art Project works by unknown artist Medieval miniatures of mythology MS LUDWIG XV 7 Getty museum - Roman de la Rose Aphrodite in post-antique art
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