- The Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek statue of the goddess Aphrodite, famous both for her missing arms and as a symbol of female beauty.
- 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.
- Discovering Venus De Milo: Disarming Beauty.
- Venus de Milo. Aphrodite, the ancient goddess of love has always been the ultimate model for female beauty and no statue deserves this description more...
- Now, however, the Venus de Milo is thought to have been produced around 100 B.C., during a later period known as the Hellenistic age.
- So national pride needed to be restored, and the Venus de Milo (properly, 'Aphrodite,' since she's Greek) was literally a godsend."
- Created sometime between 150 and 125 BC, the Venus de Milo is universally recognized as one of the greatest works of art ever created.
- 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.
- Part 1. Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo) sculpture from [Hage?]andros of Antioch, son of Menides, 130 - 100 BC, marble 2.04 m. Louvre Paris, France.
- The Venus de Milo was sculpted sometime between 130 and 100 BC by Alexandros of Antioch. His name was inscribed on the original base of the statue.