This series of images depicts a woman undressing herself from layers of fabrics to reveal her nude body in the same position as Venus from Botticelli’s painting. Orlan’s reasoning for the series is to challenge religious and social construction of the body and questions many similar characteristics from many other feminine figures in the history of art, not only Venus. It interests me because of how she has modernized and conceptualized such an iconic piece of historic art and replicated it within her own style of work. I should think that the materials that cover her body initially are then left around her on the floor to represent the shell Venus stands on in the ‘Birth of Venus’ and this idea could be blended with the role of the figure ‘Hora of Spring’ who holds a large throw to cover Venus’ naked body. The series is a good starting point for my research and development on posing and posture for my own models and how the artist has captured the movement in a series could be an interesting way for me to also show the curves and fluidity of Venus’ posture in a photographic sense.