nice picture of the statue, boy I wish she wore more clothes than just the long skirt, while holding a weapon. Thanks for the post. Keep posting more pictures.
can she be meant to be putting on more clothes on the upper parts of the body? Her arm with the hand pose almost makes it look like as though could be holding onto something? Thanks for replying so fast. Keep up the good work.
It definitely looks like there must be something in her both hands and I am trying to figure out what based on the bend of her fingers but I can't come up with anything definite.
Do you have any ideas? Even if it's a pure speculation? :)
I don't know. It does look as if she is stretching something between her hands, but that would obscure her body from view. It must be something she has taken from her right hand to hold up to view in her left hand. Flowers? Fruit? Your guess is as good as mine!
It has beautiful shinny surfaces. It the Venus of Capua, a copy of an original, probably of Lysippus and not Praxitelis. This Aphrodite was worshiped along with Mars and their temples are located in Athens and Crete.
In the original it is hypothesized that Venus held in her hand Mars's shield. The Romans however seem to have forgotten that the two gods were lovers and considered them to be husband and wife. Thus, they removed the shield which left them with the hands of Venus extending to hold nothing. So we have this absurd stance....
That's interesting, although the museum plaque does say Praxiteles and not Lysippus, and judging by the facial similarlities to the Lizard Apollo, I can see why. I also don't think she can be holding a shield in her left arm - the forearm should be level to do that and the hand is too high. If she were holding a shield in her left arm her weight would also be on her left hip, not her right to hold such a heavy object above shoulder height. Sorry to disagree with you!
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It definitely looks like there must be something in her both hands and I am trying to figure out what based on the bend of her fingers but I can't come up with anything definite.
Do you have any ideas? Even if it's a pure speculation? :)
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In the original it is hypothesized that Venus held in her hand Mars's shield. The Romans however seem to have forgotten that the two gods were lovers and considered them to be husband and wife. Thus, they removed the shield which left them with the hands of Venus extending to hold nothing. So we have this absurd stance....
Still beautiful.
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