Marble Statue Of Aphrodite The Met

Marble statue of aphrodite 2nd century b c.

Marble statue of aphrodite the met.

Handbook of the classical collection. Sculptures in marble bulletin of the metropolitan museum of art 5 9. Marble statue of aphrodite roman imperial period 1st or 2nd century a d. The metropolitan museum of art new york ny credit.

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. That statue the first major greek work to show the goddess nude was celebrated throughout antiquity. This marble statue of aphrodite gives full meaning to her symbolization because her beauty love fertility and sexuality are entirely portrayed in this artwork. 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.

All were inspired to some degree by the aphrodite of knidos created in the fourth century b c. Adaptation of work attributed to kallimachos copy of a greek bronze statue of the late 5th century b c. Originally her arms reached forward to shield her breasts and pubis in a gesture that both. Art of the classical world in the metropolitan museum of art.

On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 164. The metropolitan museum of art. The goddess of love stands in an exaggerated hipshot pose. Greece cyprus etruria rome.

Copy of a greek statue of the 3rd century b c. During the hellenistic period in greece statues of aphrodite became increasingly popular. By the famous greek sculptor praxiteles. Attributed to kallimachos this goddess wears a sleeveless ungirt chiton of thin clinging material that reveals every curve of her body.

The most renowned of these greek goddesses was the marble aphrodite of knidos. The metropolitan museum of art. Copy of greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century b c. Marble statue of aphrodite 1st or 2nd century a d.

Marble statue of a crouching aphrodite 1st or 2nd century a d. Roman small scale adaptation of a greek statue type of the 3rd or 2nd century b c. 187 447 48 new york. 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.

Courtesy of the metropolitan museum of art. Marble statue of aphrodite the so called venus genetrix 1st 2nd century a d. 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. In this work the goddess of love is shown as though surprised at her bath.