Detail View: The AMICA Library: Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1981.11
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Praxiteles
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Greek; fl. c.370-c.330 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Praxiteles
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Roman
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Creator Role:
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Artist (copy)
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Roman Republic and Empire
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Roman
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Title:
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Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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front view
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Creation Date:
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Imperial Period, 2nd century A.D.
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Creation Start Date:
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101
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Creation End Date:
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200
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Materials and Techniques:
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Marble
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Subject Description:
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This statue is a copy of the first full-scale female nude statue in Greek art carved by Praxiteles for the city of Knidos in the mid-fourth century B.C. Headless and missing parts of both arms, as well as the water jar at her feet, the goddess Aphrodite is shown at her bath. The Greek goddess was adopted into the Roman pantheon where she was called Venus.
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Creation Place:
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Early Western World,Roman Republic and Empire
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Dimensions:
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H.: 168 cm (66-1/8 in.); Width at breast: 57.2 cm (22-1/2 in.); Width at hips: 43.2 cm (17 in.); Width at base: 47 cm (18-1/2 in.); Depth of body: 42 cm (16-1/2 in.); Depth of base: 33 cm (13 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1981.11
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Katherine K. Adler, Harold L. Stuart, and Wirt D. Walker endowments
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Rights:
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Context:
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Roman copy of the fourth-century B.C. Greek original by Praxiteles. The original Knidian Aphrodite was made at the end of Athens' great classical period just before Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great incorporated the Greek world intotheir world empire. This copy of the original was made during the next great empire, probably in the Hadrianic period of the Roman empire (early 2nd century A.D.) when a philhellene emperor ruled. The Romans who were brilliant providers of public works like water supplies and roads, and efficient government administrators as well as formidable soldiers, turned to Greece for their artistic inspiration.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E28244.TIF
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