Venus de Milo
Title
Venus de Milo
Date
ca. 100 BCE
Identifier
7822
Alternative Title or Name
Aphrodite
Work Type
visual work
Work Location
France (nation)
Paris (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Hellenistic
Subject
statues
Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Description
Front view of Aphrodite, semi-nude. "The Venus de Milo was discovered in 1820 on the island of Melos (Milo in modern Greek) in the south-western Cyclades. The Marquis de Rivière presented it to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre the following year ... Essentially two blocks of marble, it is comprised of several parts which were sculpted separately (bust, legs, left arm and foot) then fixed with vertical pegs, a technique which was fairly common in the Greek world (especially in the Cyclades, where this work was produced around 100 BC). The goddess originally wore metal jewelry — bracelet, earrings, and headband — of which only the fixation holes remain. The marble may have been embellished with (now faded) polychromy. The arms were never found,"--The Louvre website.
Material/Medium
marble (rock)
Measurements
Height: 2.02 meters
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
A3GRHEL1-22B6(1)
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