AMICA ID:
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MIA_.69.84
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Roman
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Creator Role:
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sculptor
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Creator Name-CRT:
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artist unknown
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Title:
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Venus
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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4th century
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Creation Start Date:
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300
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Creation End Date:
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399
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Materials and Techniques:
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silver, gilding
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Classification Term:
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silver
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Dimensions:
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H.5-3/4 in.
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Component Measured:
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Height Only
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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69.84
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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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. |
Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.21293c.tif
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