Venus

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.69.84

amicoid

MIA_.69.84

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2001

aly

2001

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

oty

Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

crn

Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Roman

crc

European; Southern European; Roman

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

sculptor

crr

sculptor

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

artist unknown

crt

artist unknown

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Venus

otn

Venus

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

4th century

oct

4th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

300

ocs

300

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

399

oce

399

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

silver, gilding

omd

silver, gilding

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

silver

clt

silver

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H.5-3/4 in.

met

H.5-3/4 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

Height Only

mcm

Height Only

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

69.84

ooa

69.84

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The William Hood Dunwoody Fund

ooc

The William Hood Dunwoody Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Venus is the Roman goddess identified with the Greek Aphrodite, goddess of love and fertility. The nude Venus may assume several of poses, standing or reclining. Originally, this mutilated statuette was a full standing figure in the pose of "Venus Pudica" (Venus of Modesty) with one arm slightly flexed, the hand covering the pubic area, while the other is bent so that it lightly covers the breasts. This pose, invented by a Greek sculptor in the early 3rd. century B.C., was frequently reproduced in Roman sculpture, and was still reflected centuries later in Italian Renaissance paintings, such as Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" and Masaccio's "Eve" in the Brancacci Chapel.

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<P>Venus is the Roman goddess identified with the Greek Aphrodite, goddess of love and fertility. The nude Venus may assume several of poses, standing or reclining. Originally, this mutilated statuette was a full standing figure in the pose of "Venus Pudica" (Venus of Modesty) with one arm slightly flexed, the hand covering the pubic area, while the other is bent so that it lightly covers the breasts. This pose, invented by a Greek sculptor in the early 3rd. century B.C., was frequently reproduced in Roman sculpture, and was still reflected centuries later in Italian Renaissance paintings, such as Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" and Masaccio's "Eve" in the Brancacci Chapel.</P>

Context

false

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Venus