Venus de Milo
Louvre's limbless lady
The Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek marble sculpture of a woman, now in the Louvre in Paris.
The figure is armless—whether by original design or later damage—and this incompleteness has become part of its fame.
The statue represents an ideal of classical feminine beauty: She has a figure like the Venus de Milo.
Recrystallized limestone rock
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
- LouvreParis art museum
- AphroditeGreek goddess of love
- statuaryThree-dimensional carved figures
torso · drapery · fragmented · plinth · pedestal · chisel · carving · restoration
Greek goddess of love
- goddessFemale sacred being
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- idealizedMade to seem perfect
femininity · perfection · harmony · allure · aesthetics · symmetry · proportions · serenity
Greek goddess of love
- goddessFemale sacred being
- loveIntense fond attachment
- beautyAesthetic excellence
- OlympusSacred Greek mountain
Zeus · Hera · Athena · Apollo · Greek pantheon · divine · immortal · Paris
Of post-Alexander Greek civilization
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- excavationAct of unearthing
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- acropolisFortified hilltop in antiquity
classical · ancient Greece · artifact · relic · discovery · 1820 · Ottoman · fragments
Missing both arms
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- theoriesExplanations based on evidence
unknown · lost · incomplete · debate · reconstruction · puzzle · disputed · unanswered
marble
Recrystallized limestone rock
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
- LouvreParis art museum
- AphroditeGreek goddess of love
statuary · torso · drapery · fragmented · plinth · pedestal · chisel · carving · restoration · masterpiece
Aphrodite
Greek goddess of love
idealized · femininity · perfection · harmony · allure · aesthetics · symmetry · proportions · serenity · timeless
Aphrodite
Greek goddess of love
Olympus · Zeus · Hera · Athena · Apollo · Greek pantheon · divine · immortal · Paris · golden apple
Hellenistic
Of post-Alexander Greek civilization
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- excavationAct of unearthing
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
acropolis · classical · ancient Greece · artifact · relic · discovery · 1820 · Ottoman · fragments · provenance
armless
Missing both arms
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
theories · unknown · lost · incomplete · debate · reconstruction · puzzle · disputed · unanswered · mirror
- estatuasDavid, Cristo Redentor, replica
- StatuesStatue of Liberty, David, The Thinker, Christ the Redeemer, Colossus of Rhodes
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- sculpturesstatues, busts, classical sculptures, bronze sculptures, marble sculptures
- LouvreMona Lisa, glass pyramid, Winged Victory, I. M. Pei, Code of Hammurabi
Venus de MiloBalloon Dog
Air-filled sculpted hound
abstract sculpture · minimalist sculpture · The Thinker · modern art · contemporary sculpture