K. Bender is a retired academic who develops a database of the iconography of Aphrodite/Venus (excluding pre-historic and science-fiction-related iconography). The database counts presently more than 27 000 records of artworks, including all types of art (visual arts, literature, theatre, dance, music, film or video, etc. ) as well as cartoons, posters, stamps, trivia, websites and all sorts of commercial stuff sold under the name Aphrodite or Venus. Anyone interested in the subject of the iconography of Aphrodite/Venus is welcome to contact me by e-mail See my Blog 'Iconography in Art History' for regular posts http://kbender.blogspot.com/view/magazine See my Website: 'Venus Iconography' for details about art data analysis and my quantitative approach to art history http://sites.google.com/site/venusiconography/