Aphrodite Kallipygos
Since seeing 300, I've been in a bit of an ancient Greece mood. Today I stumbled upon a wonderful little sub-genre of ancient Greek sculpture, namely "Aphrodite Kallipygos," which means "Venus of the Beautiful Buttocks." Wikipedia describes it this way:
"a type of nude female statue of the Hellenistic era. It depicts a partially-draped woman, raising her light peplos to uncover her beautiful hips and buttocks, and looking back and down over her shoulder, perhaps to evaluate them."
"a type of nude female statue of the Hellenistic era. It depicts a partially-draped woman, raising her light peplos to uncover her beautiful hips and buttocks, and looking back and down over her shoulder, perhaps to evaluate them."