- Experts have come up with different theories about why Venus de Milo’s arms are missing. They suggest what these arms could have carried.
- Marble Venus de Milo at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France, by Alexandros of Antioch (between 130 and 100 BC) – Photo: Matthew Girling.
- The Venus de Milo is a Greek statue from antiquity, more precisely from the Hellenistic period, which was discovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, Greece.
- The Venus de Milo’s enduring popularity, even in spite of the Louvre’s misdirection for a century, is a testament to its timeless beauty and universal appeal.
- And as The Guardian's Jonathan Jones wrote in 2015, "The Venus de Milo is an accidental surrealist masterpiece.
- However, the Vénus de Milo was initially presented with a plinth that has often been ignored in scholarly discussions and has since disappeared.
- Historic Significance Of Venus de Milo. A young farmer named Yorgos Kentrotas discovered this statue on the Greek island of Melos (Milos) on 8 April 1820.
- Created sometime between 150 and 125 BC, the Venus de Milo is universally recognized as one of the greatest works of art ever created.
- The Venus De Milo by Alexandros d’Antioche – Louvre. This statue has been discovered during the spring of the year 1820 in the city of Mélos (or Milo) located in...
- It was diplomacy, or maybe the threat of a French warship, which was approaching the island of Milos, to decide that the Venus de Milo could reach Paris to be...