Torso of Venus and a Landscape Torso of Venus and a Landscape Torso of Venus and a Landscape is a sketch by Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. It now resides in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. This drawing was created while van Gogh was staying with his brother in Paris (in 1886-1888), a period during which they did not write any letters to each other. As a result, little is known about the artist during this period except for his still-life paintings and "Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin". In 1887, he sketched this drawing onto a piece of paper with black chalk
The Myth of Mars and Venus The Myth of Mars and Venus The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages? is a 2008 book by Deborah Cameron, published by Oxford University Press. The title refers to the central conceit of John Gray's 1992 book "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus", which Cameron's book is partially a response to. Cameron argues that "what linguistic differences there are between men and women are driven by the need to construct and project personal meaning and identity." She challenges "the idea that sex-differences might have biological rather than social causes" as being