Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Since its discovery, the Venus de Milo has stood, in Western eyes, for ancient beauty itself. Unearthed on the Greek island of Milos, in the Aegean Sea, it quickly passed into the hands of the French king Louis XVIII. The king handed the statue to the Louvre, which officially received it in 1821.
The statue was visibly damaged, but it was precisely its incomplete state that drew the scholars. Reconstructing it became a matter of national importance in nineteenth-century France, which turned an ordinary ancient statue into a unique work of ancient Greece. Slightly larger than life, it still stands in the Louvre and draws millions of visitors every year.
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- 2A chance discovery on Milos
- 3In search of the lost arms
- 4A statue that became an affair of state
- 5Mystery as a legacy
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary7 terms explained in a tap.
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