Aphrodite Kallipygos

Mar 22, 2007 21:53

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, ( Read more... )

beauty, ancient history, art, women

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kokeshikitten March 23 2007, 14:03:45 UTC
Awesome. And leave it to you to find it.
Perv.

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