Marble Statue Of Aphrodite The Met

The lower legs have been restored with casts taken from the roman copy in florence known as the medici venus the goddess of love is shown as though surprised at her bath.

Marble statue of aphrodite the met.

That statue the first major greek work to show the goddess nude was celebrated throughout antiquity. The metropolitan museum of art. All were inspired to some degree by the aphrodite of knidos created in the fourth century b c. In this work the goddess of love is shown as though surprised at her bath.

Greece cyprus etruria rome. The aphrodite of knidos or cnidus was an ancient greek sculpture of the goddess aphrodite created by praxiteles of athens around the 4th century bc. The metropolitan museum of art new york ny credit. The most renowned of these greek goddesses was the marble aphrodite of knidos.

Statues of aphrodite in the nude proliferated during the hellenistic period. Adaptation of work attributed to kallimachos copy of a greek bronze statue of the late 5th century b c. Attributed to kallimachos this goddess wears a sleeveless ungirt chiton of thin clinging material that reveals every curve of her body. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 164.

Sculptures in marble bulletin of the metropolitan museum of art 5 9. The metropolitan museum of art. Marble statue of aphrodite roman imperial period 1st or 2nd century a d. A beautiful marble sculpture of aphrodite in the museum s collection was made in imperial rome 1st or 2nd century a d as a copy of a greek statue of the third or second century b c.

187 447 48 new york. The goddess of love stands in an exaggerated hipshot pose. Art of the classical world in the metropolitan museum of art. Marble statue of aphrodite the so called venus genetrix 1st 2nd century a d.

This marble statue of aphrodite gives full meaning to her symbolization because her beauty love fertility and sexuality are entirely portrayed in this artwork. Originally her arms reached forward to shield her breasts and pubis in a gesture that both. Marble statue of aphrodite 2nd century b c. Still after that era passed venus was still immortalized in art and poetry as the cultural symbol of love beauty and sexuality unrv history 2010.

It is one of the first life sized representations of the nude female form in greek history displaying an alternative idea to male heroic nudity praxiteles aphrodite is shown nude reaching for a bath towel while covering her pubis which in. Handbook of the classical collection. Courtesy of the metropolitan museum of art. Roman small scale adaptation of a greek statue type of the 3rd or 2nd century b c.

Aphrodite brought her hands forward to partially conceal her breasts and pubic area in this version of a statue type that is known today as the capitoline aphrodite. Marble statue of aphrodite 1st or 2nd century a d. Copy of greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century b c. By the famous greek sculptor praxiteles.