The Venus de Milo has the boobs
Created on 08.07.10 at 4:51 - Updated 08.07.10 at 4:51
We know almost nothing about her. Neither his name ( or Venus Amphitrite ?) , nor his age nor his " father " . It is however the most famous statue in the world. After six months of restaur ...
We know almost nothing about her. Neither his name ( or Venus Amphitrite ? ) , nor his age nor his "father " . It is however the most famous statue in the world . After six months of restoration, the Venus de Milo was found yesterday morning the halls of Greek art from the Louvre Museum , whose organization has been completely revised . The Conservatives took the opportunity to try to learn a little more about him through radiography (including gamma rays , of course ). They then " décrassée " and abducted plaster , dating from the nineteenth century that had aged poorly .
Fake nose and " fat ass "for the Queen of the fragment
It was discovered in a fissure in the right breast of the Venus filled with plaster, a little word of love that a conservator had slipped there in 1936. " The most controversial restorations dating from 1821 , says Jean- Luc Martinez , director of the Department of Greek and Roman antiquities . The decision, in extremis at the time, not to carve himself a new arm has launched the fashion of the "fragment "and the success of the Venus de Milo . But the sculptor Lange had already made " occasions " in size . For example , the nose of plaster. When it was removed , we discovered a terrible artificial fracture . So we decided to give him her fake nose in 1821 . "
For too touchy and molded over the years , the statue was both filthy . This spring cleaning makes him a white probably fairly close to the original. The latest innovation to avoid congestion , the statue is now seen only in a large room and was elevated 20 cm . It is presented on a pedestal of a meter high . This change of perspective emphasizes her hips, very wide . " It makes a big ass, " noted a professor of fine arts American .
Benjamin Chapon
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