Date : Friday, March 23, 2007
Time : 4:53 AM
Title : Venus de Milo

Long ago in ancient Greek, a talented Greek sculptor, Alexandros of Antioch, used blocks of Parian marble and carved them into a beautiful statue of a goddess called Venus de Milo. Found broken into two parts in the ancient ruins of Milos by peasants in 1820, it was then reassembled but not completely. This figure was identified (although without proof) as being a representation of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty. Its fragmentary state has inspired a number of imaginative reconstructions, but the most convincing probably has the left arm raised and the right in front of the opposite hip. The Venus de Milo is considered a Hellenistic sculpture, the type Classical (as in the expression of the face) situated during the late period of Greek art. Although a left and right arm was lying beside the statue when it was first found, the pieces didn’t seem to fit. Now after enough evidence, those arms are accepted by people that they belong to the statue but experts still could not fit the arms back onto the statue. This being true, the arms of the statue may not necessarily belong to it. This led to the mystery of the goddess’ arms. Many prefer to think that they are still lost. If it were found, what would the completed Venus de Milo look like? The mystery of the arms is the fame and beauty of the statue. Some even claim that it is never the same when viewed from different angles. This is true however as studies have proven that this statue was built to be seen from the right. A unique and magnificent statue indeed.