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Wikipedia Tour: Masterpieces of Western Art
Welcome to our Wikipedia Tour: Masterpieces of Western Art. Each day we’ll send you a link to a new article about a famous work of art on Wikipedia. The introduction to each day’s article is included in the installment so you can choose to read just the introduction or the full article.
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Venus de Milo
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The Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. It is believed to depict Aphrodite (called Venus by the Romans), the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6.7 ft) high. Its arms and original plinth have been lost. From an inscription that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch; it was earlier mistakenly attributed to the master sculptor Praxiteles. It is at present on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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