Travel Snapshot – The Venus de Milo armless statue

Another main attraction of Louvre Museum, apart from the Mona Lisa, is the statue of Venus de Milo. It was also one of my reason to pay €9.5 to get into the museum in Paris. She is so adorable to me not because of her nude bust (should I say not only? 🙂 ), but her pose and her broken arms and hands. There are too many imagination by sculptors later on how she posed both her arms and hands , but all failed to match Venus body posture and her face expression. This is the mystery of the Venus de Milo that draws thousands of visitors each day into the museum.

The Venus de Milo, a sculpture being carved in 2nd and 1st century B.C., was discovered in April 1820 on the Greek Aegean island of Melos (Milo) in the Cyclades. It is believed to be a portrayal of Aphrodite (Venus in Roman), the goddess of Love . Both the statue’s arms and hands have never been found. The statue is made up of 2 separately carved marble block, the naked upper torso and the draped legs. These separate blocks are joined with iron dowels, a technique characteristic of the workshops in the area at that time. The audacious twisting spiral of the pose, with its multiple planes, and the drapery slipping down over her thighs, have made it a masterpiece of the late Hellenistic period.

This is actually a sneak preview of my travel photos captured in the Louvre Museum of Paris. Full collections of my photos would be featured in upcoming story of the Louvre Museum Travel by Photos. – Travel Feeder, your ultimate travel photo blog.

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Cecil Lee

The author is an avid traveler and photography hobbyist who loves to share with others his travel and photo-taking experience in many popular tourist destinations around Europe, Asia and Australasia. Read the exciting stories with many photos captured on his journeys.