Why does Aphrodite have no arms?
The Louvre initially promoted the Venus de Milo as a masterpiece from the Greek classical era. As for the Venus de Milo’s missing limbs, there long have been claims they were broken off in 1820 during a fight on the shore of Melos, as French and Turkish sailors vied for possession of the artwork.Click to…
The Louvre initially promoted the Venus de Milo as a masterpiece from the Greek classical era. As for the Venus de Milo’s missing limbs, there long have been claims they were broken off in 1820 during a fight on the shore of Melos, as French and Turkish sailors vied for possession of the artwork.Click to see full answer. Subsequently, one may also ask, why do some sculptures have no arms?Most if not all ancient Greek & Roman sculptures had arms originally. But marble & other soft stones that were typically carved were brittle and easy to damage. Thus most of the fine details of the sculptures, like limb edges, fine cloth drapes, fingers, facial features, genitalia etc, are often broken off. what would the Venus de Milo look like with arms? It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high. Part of an arm and the original plinth were lost following the statue’s discovery. The statue is named after Aphrodite’s Roman name, Venus, and the Greek island of Milos, where it was discovered. Similarly, you may ask, what are the speculations concerning the missing arms of Aphrodite of Melos and what could she be holding? A distaff, thread and spindle could have been held in her upraised arms and would have been appropriate for the goddess of love. She was uncovered in 1820, armless but beautiful, on Melos, an island between mainland Greece and Crete.Who made Aphrodite of Melos? Alexandros of Antioch
