Marble Statue Of Aphrodite Crouching At Her Bath
Marble statue of a naked aphrodite crouching at her bath marble statue height 1 12m british museum different angles of viewing reveal different aspects of the sculpture need to walk around it to view from all angles there is something of importance from each viewing angle arms held slightly awkwardly against the body.
Marble statue of aphrodite crouching at her bath. It is a decorative work based on a famous large fully three dimensional statue of aphrodite shown crouching at her bath that was created in the third century b c. In the fourth century b c e. Copy of a greek statue of the late 2nd century b c. This crouching aphrodite marble statue is a roman variant of the 2nd century ce after a hellenistic type.
Marble statue of a crouching aphrodite 1st or 2nd century a d. Venus crouches with her right knee close to the ground turns her head to the right. As with many. Are two young women playing a game of.
Marble statue of a naked aphrodite crouching at her bath also known as lely s venus. The nude goddess was shown in a complex twisting pose crouching at her bath and turning toward a playful eros behind her. The kimbell version one of many variations on a famous hellenistic original embodies the qualities of beauty and voluptuous sensuality that characterize the goddess of love. The sculptor praxiteles created a.
Lely venus crouching aphrodite the lely venus is a marble copy of an original greek sculpture of aphrodite surprised at her bath and is today called the crouching venus type and this copy dates to about 100 ad. A second century roman marble copy of a greek statue of aphrodite the goddess of beauty crouching naked at her bath. Crouching naked at her bath. Exhibition at the british museum 26 march 5 july 2015.
The statue is modelled after the crouching aphrodite type attributed to the 3rd century bc sculptor doidalsas of bithynia. Copy of a greek statue of the 3rd century b c. This week s sculpture from hadrian s villa is a marble statue of venus the goddess of love crouching at her bath. In this small scale statue a complex crouching pose has been compressed into a two dimensional composition.
Roman copy of a greek original by praxiteles.