Over time, "venus" came to refer to any artistic depiction in post-classical art of a nude woman, even when there was no indication that the subject was the goddess.
The post-classical era itself was followed by the early modern era, and forms the middle period in a three-period division of world history: ancient, post-classical, and modern.
Usually the non-vocalic "v" after "q" or "g" is still printed as "u" rather than "v", probably because in this position it did not change from to in post-classical times.
