Esquiline Venus
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The Esquiline Venus is an ancient Roman marble statue of a nude female figure, celebrated for its refined Hellenistic style and sensual depiction of the goddess Venus.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic-style sculpture
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Venus statue ⓘ ancient Roman sculpture ⓘ marble statue ⓘ |
| artForm | freestanding sculpture ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Roman adaptation of Greek originals
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key work in the study of Roman representations of Venus ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | Early Imperial Roman period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique | highly finished carving ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Esquiline Hill archaeological finds ⓘ |
| cityOfDiscovery | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Capitoline Museums NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | well preserved with some restorations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Roman art ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Palazzo dei Conservatori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDiscovery | 1874 ⓘ |
| depictionForm | standing nude figure ⓘ |
| depictionType | full-length figure ⓘ |
| depicts |
Aphrodite
NERFINISHED
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Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredDuring | 19th-century excavations in Rome ⓘ |
| genre | nude sculpture ⓘ |
| hasPart |
drapery element
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supporting pillar or herm-like support ⓘ |
| hasStyle | classicizing Hellenistic style ⓘ |
| iconography | goddess of love and beauty ⓘ |
| imageSubject | mythological figure ⓘ |
| inception | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Greek Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Rome ⓘ |
| locationFound | Esquiline Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | marble ⓘ |
| movement | Hellenistic art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| museumInventory | Capitoline Museums collection of classical sculpture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high degree of polish and finish
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refined Hellenistic style ⓘ sensual depiction of Venus ⓘ |
| placeOfDiscovery | Esquiline Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGenderOfFigure | female ⓘ |
| subjectHasMythology |
Greek mythology
NERFINISHED
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Roman mythology ⓘ |
| theme |
eroticism in classical art
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idealized female beauty ⓘ |
| threeDimensionalForm | statue ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
elegant contrapposto pose
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soft modeling of flesh ⓘ |
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