It is believed to depict aphrodite venus to the romans the greek goddess of love and beauty.
The greatest example of classical grace and beauty marble sculpture.
The graces presided over banquets and gatherings to delight.
The torso depicts an understanding of the body and plasticity of the muscles and skin that allows the statue to come to life.
During the 18th and.
Antonio canova s statue the three graces is a neoclassical sculpture in marble of the mythological three charites daughters of zeus identified on some engravings of the statue as from left to right euphrosyne aglaea and thalia who were said to represent youth beauty thalia mirth euphrosyne and elegance aglaea.
It is a marble sculpture slightly larger than life size at 203 cm 6 ft 8 in high.
Which marble sculpture was considered the greatest example of classical grace beauty for several hundred years until the early 19th century.
The piece currently kept in the vatican museum is made of marble and most likely dates from around 120 140ad.
The apollo belvedere is a well known piece of classical sculpture but is thought to be a copy of an earlier bronze statue.
Neoclassical sculpture in italy.
The first great exponent of the style in sculpture was an italian antonio canova 1757 1822 born at possagno in the province of treviso but active chiefly at rome.
The venus de milo sculpture was created sometime between 100 and 130 b c.
The marble statue is a prime example of the early classical sculptural style and demonstrates the shift away from the stiff style seen in archaic kouroi.
Its arms and original plinth have been lost.