"Melos. His dates of birth and death are unknown. He is best known today for the Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Milos) at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. He is known from several ancient inscriptions including one from a now-missing plinth that was a part of the Venus de Milo but was removed and ""lost"" due to museum politics and national pride at the Louvre Museum in the 1820s. The inscription and the style of its lettering cast into doubt the claim that the statue was an original by the master sculptor Praxiteles from Attica. Alexandros of Antioch Alexandros"
"""Venus de Milo"", symbolic of classical art. The long ""Galerie Campana"" displays an outstanding collection of more than one thousand Greek potteries. In the galleries paralleling the Seine, much of the museum's Roman sculpture is displayed. The Roman portraiture is representative of that genre; examples include the portraits of Agrippa and Annius Verus; among the bronzes is the Greek ""Apollo of Piombino"". The Islamic art collection, the museum's newest, spans ""thirteen centuries and three continents"". These exhibits, comprising ceramics, glass, metalware, wood, ivory, carpet, textiles, and miniatures, include more than 5,000 works and 1,000 shards. Originally part of the decorative"
"of art is the power and the will of the artist."" Subjects of his mature works included landscapes and figure studies, particularly of mother and child. But his primary interestDenis responded in 1907, with the neoclassical ""Bacchus and Ariadne"", brightening his colors and showing a happy family romping nude but more modestly on a beach. He painted a series of works of nudes at the beach, an homage to the bathers of Raphael and the classical nudity of the Venus de Milo and other Greek sculpture. remained the painting of religious subjects, like ""The dignity of labour"", commissioned in 1931"
"sculpture while teaching painting and also learned about theoretical aspects of sculpture by reading the books Ghaffari had brought from Europe with him. After he formed several plaster statues and earned the necessary skills in two to three years, he one day asked Ghaffari to make it possible for him to form a stone statue. Ghaffari initially disagreed and believed Sadighi's tools and experience insufficient, but eventually approved it and accepted the expenses of the stone. Sadighi began making Vénus de Milo's statue after seeing a picture of it and finally it was finally completed on 1925. After Ghaffari noticed"
"existence, caused the French to promote the Venus de Milo as a greater treasure than that which they recently had lost. The statue was praised dutifully by many artists and critics as the epitome of graceful female beauty. However, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was among its detractors, labeling it a ""big gendarme"". The statue has greatly influenced masters of modern art; one prime example is Salvador Dalí's ""Venus de Milo with Drawers"". The statue was formerly part of the seal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), one of the oldest associations of plastic surgeons in the world. In February 2010,"
"works as ""Discobole"" or ""Venus of Horses"". On the other hand, unsuccessfully raised basement house the works of the Madrid Museum of Reproductions. From foreign museums reach of museums like Munich, works like ""Hercules"" or ""Hurt Warrior."" Berlín: ""Hermes"" of Praxiteles. London will be acquired ""Injured Lioness"" or ""Three Fates"". Louvre ""Charioteer of Delphi"", ""Venus of Milo"" or ""Winged Victory"". From the Vatican Museum arrived ""Apollo"", ""Laocoon"" and a portrait of Demosthenes. The museum collection consists of replicas of classical art. His works stand out for their accuracy as they are direct copies of the originals. See: Collection The temporary"
"son and refused to meet her and, later on, her grandsons from the marriage. In 1819 Dumont d'Urville sailed on board ""Chevrette"", under the command of Captain Gauttier-Duparc, to carry out a hydrographic survey of the islands of the Greek archipelago. During a pause near the island of Milos, the local French representative brought to Dumont's attention the rediscovery of a marble statue a few days before (8 April 1820) by a local peasant. The statue, now known as the Venus de Milo dates from around the year 130 BC. Dumont recognised its value and would have acquired it immediately,"
"Madonna del Prato (Bellini) Madonna del Prato (""Madonna of the Meadow"") is a 1505 painting of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child by Giovanni Bellini, now in the National Gallery in London. Originally painted as oil and egg tempera on wood, it was transferred to canvas in 1949, with damage in places. It presents a medieval iconography of the Virgin of humility seated before a full and shining rural panorama, with both the devotional aspect and the landscape aspect given equal prominence. Full of small details of everyday life, this landscape contributes to the intimate and familiar tone of"
"the German magazine ""Focus"" featured a doctored image of this Venus giving Europe the middle finger, which resulted in a defamation lawsuit against the journalists and the publication. They were found not guilty by the Greek court. A plot to steal the statue is at the center of the 1966 spoof spy film ""The Last of the Secret Agents?"", starring Marty Allen and Steve Rossi. In ""The Simpsons"" episode ""Homer Badman"", a ""Gummi Venus de Milo"" parodies the statue. Venus de Milo The Aphrodite of Milos (, ""Aphroditi tis Milou""), better but mistakenly known as the Venus de Milo, is"
"Pardo Venus The Pardo Venus is a painting by the Venetian artist Titian, completed in 1551 and now in the Louvre Museum. It is also known as Jupiter and Antiope, since it seems to show the story of Jupiter and Antiope from Book VI of the ""Metamorphoses"" (lines 110-111). It is Titian's largest mythological painting, and was the first major mythological painting produced by the artist for Philip II of Spain. It was long kept in the Royal Palace of El Pardo near Madrid (not to be confused with the Prado, a purpose-built museum), hence its usual name; whether Venus"
"of Hyères in 1847, where he purchased the land of a former convent in the hills and constructed a villa called the Castel Sainte-Claire. He is buried in the park of the villa. Olivier Voutier Olivier Voutier (born May 30, 1796 in Thouars, France - died April 18, 1877 at Hyères, France) was a French naval officer who discovered the statue of the Venus de Milo in 1820, and fought in the Greek War of Independence. Voutier was the son of a naval officer, and at the age of fifteen entered the Naval School in Brest. In April, 1820, at"
"Venus of Arles The Venus of Arles is a sculpture of Venus at the Musée du Louvre. It is in Hymettus marble and dates to the end of the 1st century BC. It may be a copy of the Aphrodite of Thespiae by Praxiteles, ordered by the courtesan Phryne. In the 2nd century AD, Pausanias mentioned the existence at Thespiae in Boeotia (central Greece) of a group made up of Cupid, Phryne and Aphrodite. The Praxitelean style may be detected in the head's resemblance to that of the Cnidian Aphrodite, a work of Praxiteles known through copies. In a tentative"
"Venus Victorious Venus Victorious (French - ""Venus victorieuse""; French - ""Venus victoriosa"") is a c.1914 plaster sculpture of Venus by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, based on his image of the goddess in his painting ""The Judgement of Paris"". It shows her holding the golden apple she has just won by being judged the most beautiful of three goddesses by Paris. It is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City. Renoir had advanced arthritis by the time he produced the work and so was assisted by the Catalan artist Richard Guino, recommended to him by Aristide Maillol. On Renoir's"
"Milos Milos or Melos (; Modern Greek: ; ""Melos"") is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. Milos is the southwesternmost island in the Cyclades group. The island is famous for the statue of Aphrodite (the """"Venus de Milo"""", now in the Louvre), and also for statues of the Greek god Asclepius (now in the British Museum), the Poseidon and an archaic Apollo in Athens. Milos is a popular tourist destination during the summer. The Municipality of Milos also includes the uninhabited offshore islands of Antimilos and Akradies. The combined land area"
"and the goddess Venus, which was allegedly performed by Jupiter. Michelino represents Anchises, Venus, and Jupiter as 15th century Florentine nobility. The references to antiquity in this work imply humanism at the Visconti court, even as they take on a medieval appearance through Michelino's work. This work is similar to art from the Valois court in France, and therefore appealed to the royal focus of the Visconti family, and their desire for dynastic power through marriage. The detailed and refined nature of this work and its similarity to work of the Valois court highlights why Michelino's work was so appealing"
"Venus of Urbino The Venus of Urbino (also known as Reclining Venus) is an oil painting by the Italian painter Titian, which seems to have been begun in 1532 or 1534, and was perhaps completed in 1534, but not sold until 1538. It depicts a nude young woman, traditionally identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace. It is now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The figure's pose is based on the ""Dresden Venus"", traditionally attributed to Giorgione but which Titian at least completed. In this depiction,"
"The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau) The Birth of Venus () is one of the most famous paintings by 19th-century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It depicts not the actual birth of Venus from the sea, but her transportation in a shell as a fully mature woman from the sea to Paphos in Cyprus. She is considered the epitome of the Classical Greek and Roman ideal of the female form and beauty, on par with ""Venus de Milo"". For Bouguereau, it is considered a ""tour de force"". The canvas stands at just over high, and wide. The subject matter, as well as the"
"Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time (also called An Allegory of Venus and Cupid and A Triumph of Venus) is an allegorical painting by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino. It is now in the National Gallery, London. About 1546, Bronzino was commissioned to create a painting that has come to be known as ""Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time"". It displays the ambivalence, eroticism, and obscure imagery that are characteristic of the Mannerist period, and of Bronzino's master Pontormo. The painting may have been commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany or by Francesco"
"with the model Victorine Meurent. Venus of Urbino The Venus of Urbino (also known as Reclining Venus) is an oil painting by the Italian painter Titian, which seems to have been begun in 1532 or 1534, and was perhaps completed in 1534, but not sold until 1538. It depicts a nude young woman, traditionally identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace. It is now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The figure's pose is based on the ""Dresden Venus"", traditionally attributed to Giorgione but which Titian at"
"Rokeby Venus The Rokeby Venus (; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid, or La Venus del espejo) is a painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Completed between 1647 and 1651, and probably painted during the artist's visit to Italy, the work depicts the goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed and looking into a mirror held by the Roman god of physical love, her son Cupid. The painting is in the National Gallery, London. Numerous works, from the ancient to the baroque, have"
"woman, nude from the waist up, her legs covered in wet drapery that was falling from her hips. This was of course the statue that would become known to the world as the Venus de Milo."" Contrary to some accounts, the statue did not have its arms when it was discovered, as shown in drawings that Voutier made of the statue at the time. The farmer, whose name was Yorgos Ketrotas, was interested in selling the statue. Over the next ten days, Voutrier brought Louis Brest, the French vice-consul on Milos, to see what he had found, along with a"
"Venus with a Mirror Venus with a Mirror (about 1555) is a painting by Titian, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and it is considered to be one of the collection's highlights. The pose of the Venus resembles the classical statues of the Venus de' Medici in Florence or the Capitoline Venus in Rome, which Titian may have seen when he wrote that was ""learning from the marvelous ancient stones."" The painting is said to celebrate the ideal beauty of the female form, or to be a critique of vanity, or perhaps both. It was copied"
"Madonna del Prato (Raphael) The Madonna del Prato (""Madonna of the Meadow""), formally Madonna with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, is a 1506 painting by Raphael, now held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is also known as the Madonna del Belvedere after its long residence in the imperial collection in the Vienna Belvedere. The figures of the Virgin Mary, the infant Jesus, and an infant John the Baptist are shown in a calm grassy meadow, linked by looks. Mary is wearing a gold-bordered blue mantle set against a red dress, extending her right leg along"
"Marina Núñez del Prado Marina Núñez del Prado (ca. 1910–1995) was a celebrated Bolivian sculptor. Marina Núñez del Prado was one of the most respected sculptors from Latin America. Her work is highly sensuous, with rolling curves. She carved from native Bolivian woods, as well as black granite, alabaster, basalt and white onyx. Perhaps one of her most famous works is ""White Venus"" (1960), a stylized female body in white onyx. Another celebrated work is ""Mother and Child,"" sculpted in white onyx. Indigenous Bolivian cultures inspired much of her work. Marina Núñez Del Prado was born in La Paz, Bolivia"
"Ignazio Villa Ignazio Villa (19th century) was an Italian sculptor of mainly mythologic and sacred scenes, as well as portraits. He was a Lombard and resident in Milan. He painted near life size historical or mythologic tableaux. For example, he painted a 3/4 size group representing ""Diomede che precipita Pantasilea nello Scamandro"". Among other works are the ""Toilette of Venus"", and the statue semicolossale depicting: ""Archimedes Burning the Ships of Marcellus with Concave Mirrors"" exhibited in 1872 at Milan, along with ""La sera che indica ai popoli il riposo, il silenzio e la calma"". In 1884 at Turin, he exhibited"
"Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman, also known as Giovanna degli Albizzi Receiving a Gift of Flowers from Venus (), is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli of circa 1483-1486. The painting and its companion piece, ""A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts"", originally decorated the walls of Villa Lemmi, a country villa near Florence owned by Giovanni Tornabuoni, uncle of Lorenzo de' Medici and head of the Roman branch of the Medici Bank. They were probably"
"Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman, also known as Giovanna degli Albizzi Receiving a Gift of Flowers from Venus (), is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli of circa 1483-1486. The painting and its companion piece, ""A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts"", originally decorated the walls of Villa Lemmi, a country villa near Florence owned by Giovanni Tornabuoni, uncle of Lorenzo de' Medici and head of the Roman branch of the Medici Bank. They were probably"
"the painting is a bunch of grapes, perhaps indicating that the painting was made in the autumn. The dog may be a reference to Titian's ""Venus of Urbino""; Manet had earlier echoed Titian's composition in his ""Olympia"". Historian Isabelle Dervaux has described the reception this painting received when it was first exhibited at the official Paris Salon of 1874: ""Visitors and critics found its subject baffling, its composition incoherent, and its execution sketchy. Caricaturists ridiculed Manet's picture, in which only a few recognized the symbol of modernity that it has become today"". Shortly after it was completed, the painting was"
"the two figures. The vulture in the tree also possibly symbolises death. The figures' poses invite meditation on Jesus's death and passion, recalling Pietà compositions with the dead adult Jesus in his mother's lap. Madonna del Prato (Bellini) Madonna del Prato (""Madonna of the Meadow"") is a 1505 painting of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child by Giovanni Bellini, now in the National Gallery in London. Originally painted as oil and egg tempera on wood, it was transferred to canvas in 1949, with damage in places. It presents a medieval iconography of the Virgin of humility seated before a"
"Taddei Tondo The Taddei Tondo or The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John is a marble relief tondo (circular composition) by Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti. Part of the permanent collection of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, it is the only marble sculpture by Michelangelo in Great Britain. A ""perfect demonstration"" of his carving technique, the work delivers a ""powerful emotional and narrative punch"". The tondo dates to Michelangelo's time in Florence before his move to Rome in 1505. According to Vasari, while working on his David, ""also at this time he blocked out but did"
"Franz Vinck. Van Gogh finally started to attend the drawing classes after antique plaster models given by Siberdt. Soon Siberdt and van Gogh came into conflict when the latter did not comply with Siberdt's requirement that drawings express the contour and concentrate on the line. When van Gogh was required to draw the Venus of Milo during a drawing class, he produced the limbless, naked torso of a Flemish peasant woman. Siberdt regarded this as defiance against his artistic guidance and made corrections to van Gogh’s drawing with his crayon so vigorously that he tore the paper. Van Gogh then"
"much on the lines of Titian's painting. His finest picture is in the Louvre, having been removed from the ducal palace at Venice, and represents the Virgin and Child with St Mark and St Sebastian, and the Doge of Venice, Marino Grimani, kneeling before them. Other paintings of his are in the galleries at Berlin, Florence, Milan, and Vienna, and in many of the churches at Venice. He painted easel-pictures of Greek and Roman mythological subjects, which are treated with propriety and discretion but are peculiarly lacking in force and strength; in many of the palaces in Venice he decorated"
"because of these differences within the compositional ensemble that the hypothesis was formed of a close collaboration of Jan de Beer with another master, referred to as the Master of Amiens, in the execution of the two side panels. His drawings are principally preparatory studies for paintings, designs and cartoons for glass windows and works on canvas that served as a possible example for temporary decorations during festive occasions. Jan de Beer (painter) Jan de Beer, formerly known as the Master of the Milan Adoration (c. 1475 – 1528) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and glass designer active in Antwerp"