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Art Grec - Venus di Milo
Replica based on the Original
Material: Polyresin
Heigh: 45 cm
This famous sculpture of Aphrodite is viewed as a symbol of eternal beauty. It is known as the Venus di Milo or the Aphrodite of Milos because of the Greek island it was found on in 1820.
Aphrodite, later referred to as Venus by the Romans, was the goddess of love and beauty who was born from the silver foam (aphros) of the sea.
During the Hellenistic Period (323-31 B.C.) Greek sculptors and their sensuous images of Aphrodite laid the basis for the representation of female nudes in western art. This was the first time that humans were depicted naturalistically and with pathos. The Venus von Milo's style reveals both Hellenistic and classicist characteristics. Her upper body is much more classicistic that her lower half.
The sculpture was made from seven blocks of marble. The goddess has the characteristic contraposto posture: her full weight on one leg which lends the body an alluring curve. It is hard for us to imagine what the sculpture may have looked like originally. It was expressive, polychromed and adorned with jewellery and gemstones. Presumably Aphrodite held the apple she received from Paris of Troy in her left hand.
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