Limestone Statue of Aphrodite Holding Winged Eros
Title: Limestone Statue of Aphrodite Holding Winged Eros
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 1822 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Limestone Statue of Aphrodite Holding Winged Eros
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 1822 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
This sculpture is made out of limestone. The statue stands at about forty-nine and three-fourths inches tall, which is a little over four feet tall. Aphrodite has an oval face. Also, Aphrodite is wearing a lot of drapery that covers her entire body and goes over her shoulders, which makes her look modest. Aphrodite is also wearing a long hat, or what it appears to look like a round crown, which is decorated with a
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subjects, like the weight shift during the forward step, or the shifting of the hip and pelvis when one of the leg's support the man's weight and other examples with the use of contrapposto. Throughout history, the human figure had been used by many civilizations just as a simple and unimportant object. However, when Classical Greek art came along, the figures often represent goddesses yet, the human body still became the subject of the study.