Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Venus de Milo


 

Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Created at some time between 130 and 100 BC, it is believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans) the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high. Its arms and original plinth have been lost. From an inscription that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch; it was earlier mistakenly attributed to the master sculptor Praxiteles. It is at present on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

(in Wikipedia)

3 comments:

Scorchfield said...

Great statue!

Sadia said...

Much heard of but am seeing it for the first time; Wonderful!
Thanks for sharing Ana!

aank budi santoso setiawan sanaga said...

ya aya ya a