- The Venus de Milo is a masterpiece and is one of the most precise and compositionally beautiful statues of the Hellenistic period.
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- Created sometime between 150 and 125 BC, the Venus de Milo is universally recognized as one of the greatest works of art ever created.
- Experts have come up with different theories about why Venus de Milo’s arms are missing. They suggest what these arms could have carried.
- Venus de Milo may have lost her arms, but her charms live on, very literally for her viewers, but also as a metaphor for love and beauty.
- They named the statue Venus de Milo after Aphrodite’s Roman name, Venus, and the Greek island of Milos, where it was discovered.
- Hamiaux suggests that the Venus de Milo is of the same sculptural type as the Capuan Venus and another sculpture of Aphrodite from Perge.