Venus de Milo
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Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek marble statue, famed for its missing arms and idealized depiction of the goddess Aphrodite, and is one of the most celebrated masterpieces of classical sculpture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Venus de Milo canonical | 16 |
| Aphrodite of Milos | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic sculpture
ⓘ
ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ marble statue ⓘ museum exhibit ⓘ statue of Aphrodite ⓘ |
| armStatus | both arms missing ⓘ |
| artMovement | Hellenistic art ⓘ |
| collection | Louvre Museum ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| creator | Alexandros of Antioch ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
icon of classical beauty
ⓘ
symbol of Western art canon ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation |
circa 100 BC
ⓘ
circa 130 BC ⓘ |
| depicts | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1820 ⓘ |
| exhibitedSince | 1821 ⓘ |
| genre |
mythological sculpture
ⓘ
nude sculpture ⓘ |
| hasBeenSubjectOf |
extensive art historical scholarship
ⓘ
restoration debates ⓘ |
| headStatus | original head preserved ⓘ |
| height |
about 204 cm
ⓘ
about 6 feet 8 inches ⓘ |
| iconography | semi-nude standing female deity ⓘ |
| inceptionPeriod | late Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century academic art
ⓘ
neoclassical sculpture reception ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Aegean islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Cyclades
|
| location |
Louvre Museum
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| materialUsed | marble ⓘ |
| museumSection | Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities ⓘ |
| namedAfter | island of Milos ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
contrapposto stance
ⓘ
idealized female form ⓘ missing arms ⓘ |
| originalFunction | cult statue or decorative public monument ⓘ |
| owner |
Government of France
ⓘ
surface form:
French state
|
| partOf | Louvre's Greek sculpture collection ⓘ |
| placeOfDiscovery |
Melos
ⓘ
Milos ⓘ |
| roomOrGallery |
Grande Galerie
ⓘ
surface form:
Galerie des Antiques
|
| signedBy | Alexandros son of Menides from Antioch on the Maeander ⓘ |
| significantEvent | acquired by France after its discovery in 1820 ⓘ |
| style | Hellenistic ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole | goddess of love and beauty ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aphrodite of Milos