 Scholars have proposed several identifications of the figures, and analyses and interpretations which largely flow from these.The concept of "Geminae Veneres" or "Twin Venuses", a dual nature in Venus, was well developed in both classical thought and Renaissance Neoplatonism, with the earthly Aphrodite Pandemos, representing carnal love and beauty, and the heavenly Aphrodite Urania representing a higher and more spiritual love, using the classical terms for the figures.Erwin Panofsky and others found both in the painting, with the earthly Venus the nude one.