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Venus de Milo

Venus de Milo Notes

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Venus de Milo The Hellenistic marble sculpture found in 1820 on a Greek island, famously missing both arms.
Alexandros of Antioch The sculptor now credited with creating the statue, despite an initial attribution to Praxiteles.
Milos The Aegean island where a Greek peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas discovered the statue in a field.
Apple The object the figure was likely holding in her left hand, which is also a pun on the name of the island.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir The Impressionist painter who famously disparaged the sculpture as a "big gendarme."
The Hallucinogenic Toreador The Salvador Dalí painting that features twenty-eight repeated copies of the Venus de Milo.
Venus de Milo with Drawers The Surrealist sculpture by Salvador Dalí that adds functional furniture elements and pom-poms to the figure.
Hellenistic Period The era of Greek art (approx. 323–31 BCE) characterized by dynamic poses and the "S-curve" seen in this statue.
Amphitrite The Greek sea goddess whom some scholars believe the statue actually represents instead of Venus.
Louis XVIII The French King to whom the statue was presented after being acquired from the Ottoman Empire.
Plinth The base of the statue that once bore an inscription identifying Alexandros of Antioch before it was lost.
S-Curve The graceful, twisting posture of the body used in this sculpture to create a sense of movement.
Venus of Willendorf A Paleolithic fertility figurine often contrasted with the "de Milo" version in Quiz Bowl questions.
Louvre The Parisian museum where the Venus de Milo has been a centerpiece since its arrival in France.
Medici Venus The sculpture plundered by Napoleon and returned to Italy, which the Venus de Milo was intended to surpass in fame.
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