The statue showed a nude aphrodite modestly covering her pubic region while resting against a water pot with her robe draped over it for support.
Aphrodite marble statue in queens ny.
364 361 bc the athenian sculptor praxiteles carved the marble statue aphrodite of knidos which pliny the elder later praised as the greatest sculpture ever made.
The goddess is shown naked a bold innovation at the time.
Stafford on the occasion of the reinstallation of the greek and roman galleries 2006.
A marble statue of the greek ancient goddess aphrodite along with two scents from antiquity were unveiled at the national archaeological museum of greece on thursday to mark one year anniversary of the temporary exhibition the countless aspects of beauty.
The lower legs have been restored with casts taken from the roman copy in florence known as the medici venus the goddess of love is shown as though surprised at her bath.
Praxiteles statue of aphrodite carved for the cnidians was the first full scale female nude and it later became the model for hellenistic masterpieces such as the venus de milo 2nd century bce.
Marble statue of aphrodite.
His most celebrated work was the aphrodite of cnidus which the roman author pliny the elder considered not only the finest statue by praxiteles but the best in the whole world.
The accessions of 1909.
A marble copy of a gold and ivory statue of the classical period 5th 4th century bc it represents a goddess perhaps aphrodite.
Department of classical art.
Copy of greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century b c.
The placement of her hands obscures her pubic area while simultaneously drawing attention to her exposed upper body.
The colour that has leaked below her eyes is a product of the oxidation of the statue s bronze eyelashed.
Marble statue of aphrodite the so called venus genetrix.
It depicted the goddess aphrodite as she prepared for the ritual bath that restored her purity discarding her drapery with one hand while modestly shielding herself with the other.
From reproductions of this statue on roman coins numerous read more.