Originally her arms reached forward to shield her breasts and pubis in a gesture that both concealed and accentuated her sexuality.
Marble statue of venus aphrodite emerging from her bath.
Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty emerges from her bath but what did her nudity mean to the greeks.
It is a marble sculpture slightly larger than life size at 203 cm 6 ft 8 in high.
Also known as bather the original venus at the bath statue was commissioned in 1756 and completed in 1767 the concept was loosely derived from a work by giambologna it was highly praised when the statue of venus at the bath was shown at the 1767 salon and louis.
The type ultimately derives from the aphrodite of cnidus the capitoline venus and her variants are recognisable from the position of the arms standing after a bath venus begins to cover her breasts with.
Greek original by praxiteles.
Venus at the bath statue after christophe gabriel allegrain 1767 the original marble sculpture was also know as allegrains venus.
The lower legs have been restored with casts taken from the roman copy in florence known as the medici venus.
Created sometime between 130 and 100 bc the statue is believed to depict aphrodite the greek goddess of love and beauty.
However some scholars claim it is the sea goddess amphitrite venerated on milos.
Our venus aphrodite statues are created with great aesthetic sense and idealized forms according to the classical beauty canons.
Capitoline venus 2nd century c e marble 193 cm capitoline museums rome roman copy of the aphrodite of knidos a 4th century b c e.
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The capitoline venus is a type of statue of venus specifically one of several venus pudica modest venus types others include the venus de medici type of which several examples exist.
It is an academic study of a copy of a variant of the original marble statue of aphrodite of cnidus by praxiteles 4th century bc.
Part of an arm and the original plinth were lost following the statue s discovery.
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Marble statue of a naked aphrodite crouching at her bath marble statue height 1 12m british museum different angles of viewing reveal different aspects of the sculpture need to walk around it to view from all angles there is something of importance from each viewing angle arms held slightly awkwardly against the body.
The venus callipyge also known as the aphrodite kallipygos greek.
The goddess of love is shown as though surprised at her bath.