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15 nov. 2022 · Created sometime between 150 and 125 BC, the Venus de Milo is universally recognized as one of the greatest works of art ever created. There are some scholars that believe that the figure of the statue is rather a depiction of Amphitrite, the Greek goddess of the sea.
23 mai 2024 · Venus de Milo, ancient statue commonly thought to represent Aphrodite, now in Paris at the Louvre. It was carved from marble by Alexandros about 150 BCE and was found in pieces on the Aegean island of Melos in 1820.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Venus de Milo is an over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall Parian marble statue of a Greek goddess, most likely Aphrodite, depicted with a bare torso and drapery over the lower half of her body. The figure stands with her weight on her right leg, and the left leg raised; her head is turned to the left.
Together with the Mona Lisa and The Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Venus de Milo is one of the three most famous female figures in the Louvre. Her name comes from the Greek island of Melos (now called Milos), where she was found in 1820 and acquired almost immediately by the Marquis de Rivière, the French ambassador to Greece at that time.
Created during the Hellenistic period, around 100 BCE, Venus de Milo represents the idealized beauty of ancient Greek art. It is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, known as Venus in Roman mythology.
22 août 2023 · It’s popularly believed that this Grecian statue depicts the Greek goddess of love and beauty, who was often rendered half-naked. However, the Greeks would have called this deity Aphrodite ...
8 mai 2019 · Perhaps the most well-known and certainly most fascinating appropriation is the “ Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs (Venus of Milos with Drawers)” by Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí (1936 CE), a half-size painted plaster cast with metal knobs and fur-tuft pompons on its slightly opened drawers.
