• Experts have come up with different theories about why Venus de Milo’s arms are missing. They suggest what these arms could have carried.
  • Shrouded in mystery, the Venus de Milo statue has captivated audiences for nearly 200 years. As one of the Louvre's most beloved works of art...
  • Marble Venus de Milo at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France, by Alexandros of Antioch (between 130 and 100 BC) – Photo: Matthew Girling.
  • And as The Guardian's Jonathan Jones wrote in 2015, "The Venus de Milo is an accidental surrealist masterpiece.
  • English: 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.
  • An attribute of Venus, it also alludes to the island, itself, which was in the shape of an apple (melon), hence its name and that of the statue, itself (de Milo).
  • 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.
  • Tahminen Milattan Önce 130-100 yılları arasında yapıldığı bilinen Venus de Milo, döneminin geleneklerine uygun mücevherlerle süslenmiştir.
  • In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox’s Phil Edwards explores the secret history of the Venus de Milo, the famous armless statue from Greece.