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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Praxiteles Creator Qualifier: after Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Mediterranean Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: Greek; fl. c.370-c.330 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient Creator Active Place: Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient Creator Name-CRT: Praxiteles Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Roman Creator Role: Artist (copy) Creator Dates/Places: Roman Republic and Empire Creator Name-CRT: Roman Title: Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos Title Type: preferred View: Front view Creation Start Date: 101 Creation End Date: 200 Creation Date: Imperial Period, 2nd century A.D. Creation Place: Early Western World,Roman Republic and Empire Object Type: Sculpture Materials and Techniques: marble Dimensions: H.: 168 cm (66-1/8 in.); Width at breast: 57.2 cm (22-1/2 in.); Width at hips: 43.2 cm (17 in.); Width at base: 47 cm (18-1/2 in.); Depth of body: 42 cm (16-1/2 in.); Depth of base: 33 cm (13 in.) AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1981.11 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Katherine K. Adler, Harold L. Stuart, and Wirt D. Walker endowments Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Subject Description: This statue is a copy of the first full-scale female nude statue in Greek art carved by Praxiteles for the city of Knidos in the mid-fourth century B.C. Headless and missing parts of both arms, as well as the water jar at her feet, the goddess Aphrodite is shown at her bath. The Greek goddess was adopted into the Roman pantheon where she was called Venus. Context: Roman copy of the fourth-century B.C. Greek original by Praxiteles. The original Knidian Aphrodite was made at the end of Athens' great classical period just before Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great incorporated the Greek world intotheir world empire. This copy of the original was made during the next great empire, probably in the Hadrianic period of the Roman empire (early 2nd century A.D.) when a philhellene emperor ruled. The Romans who were brilliant providers of public works like water supplies and roads, and efficient government administrators as well as formidable soldiers, turned to Greece for their artistic inspiration. AMICA ID: AIC_.1981.11 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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