Module 3 Artwork Analysis

 


Title: Aphrodite, ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty

Artist: Carved by the sculptor Praxiteles

Location: Louvre, Paris
Year: Between 150 and 125 B.C.

The most famous statue ever created Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, was carved in the 4th Century B.C. by Athenian sculptor Praxiteles. Made from fine marble, as the first devotional statue of a female goddess in the nude. Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess Venus. The ancient Greek statue of the goddess Aphrodite, famous both for her missing arms and as a symbol of female beauty. The name Venus de Milo comes from Venus, the Roman name for Aphrodite, and Milos, the Greek island where the statue was discovered in 1820 and purchased for the French government. Scholars proposed that the limbs of Aphrodite were broken during a fight between French and Turkish sailors on the shore of Milos, before the statue was located. Today it is believed that the arms were already missing when Voutier and the farmer founded.

People believed like all the Greek Olympic gods, Aphrodite was immortal and very powerful. Her special powers were those of love and desire. She had a belt that had the power to cause others to fall in love with the wearer. Aphrodite is like the original cupid helping create love. The marble is strong, smooth, and cold. She has been seen as the most elegant, beauty in the world. In looking at this statue there seems to be little expression on her face but the fact that she is not perfect and has no arms and is still seen as beautiful is inspiring. Perfectly imperfect and that to me is something to strive for.


https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254697 

Comments

  1. Cam MalloSeptember 5, 2021 at 9:22 AM

    Your description and history of the statue gives this good information, but sometimes with too much history and background it doesn't leave much room for interpretation or for people to have their own viewpoint on the symbolism or meanings. Since you did choose a statue and seemed to know quite a bit about it are you into Greek and Roman gods?

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  2. Josh FrickSeptember 8, 2021 at 11:03 AM

    Tarin,

    Excellent work! You seem to understand a lot about the statue. Did you do research before completing the blog or do you have extensive history/knowledge in the field?

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