Marble Statue Of Aphrodite The Met

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.

Marble statue of aphrodite the met.

Marble statue of aphrodite 1st or 2nd century a d. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 164. Attributed to kallimachos this goddess wears a sleeveless ungirt chiton of thin clinging material that reveals every curve of her body. Marble statue of aphrodite 2nd century b c.

All were inspired to some degree by the aphrodite of knidos created in the fourth century b c. The most renowned of these greek goddesses was the marble aphrodite of knidos. Courtesy of the metropolitan museum of art. Roman small scale adaptation of a greek statue type of the 3rd or 2nd century b c.

Handbook of the classical collection. The metropolitan museum of art new york ny credit. During the hellenistic period in greece statues of aphrodite became increasingly popular. Greece cyprus etruria rome.

Statues of aphrodite in the nude proliferated during the hellenistic period. Marble statue of a crouching aphrodite 1st or 2nd century a d. Sculptures in marble bulletin of the metropolitan museum of art 5 9. 187 447 48 new york.

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. The metropolitan museum of art. By the famous greek sculptor praxiteles. The goddess of love stands in an exaggerated hipshot pose.

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. 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. Marble statue of aphrodite roman imperial period 1st or 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.

That statue the first major greek work to show the goddess nude was celebrated throughout antiquity. 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. Copy of a greek statue of the 3rd century b c. Originally her arms reached forward to shield her breasts and pubis in a gesture that both.

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. Copy of greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century b c. The metropolitan museum of art. Marble statue of aphrodite the so called venus genetrix 1st 2nd century a d.