Venus De Milo
Title: “Venus De Milo”
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Medium: Oil
When in Paris, we visited as many museums as we could. We purchased a museum pass that was good for several days. The Louvre was overwhelming. You could literally spend weeks there exploring art and still not see everything. Like many who visit, we made sure we hit the highlights - The Mona Lisa and the Venus De Milo, then wandered around looking at whatever else we could soak in.
When entering the room where Venus is, you get a sensation of quiet excitement. It is crowded with people, like a flock of birds who found their nesting site. Lively exchanges in unfamiliar languages form a hum blending with clacking and snapping of camera shutters, capturing unnatural poses of the moment they came for. It was a long journey from their homeland to Paris, through galleries and hallways of the Louvre to their intended destination for the purpose of being in the presence of her. Aphrodite - the Greek goddess of love, lust and beauty. A marble sculpture said to be created about 130 BC, unearthed in 1820 and recognized by a French navel officer as a significant sculpture. It was quickly purchased by the French and moved to the Louvre. She is quite beautiful.
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