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Venus de Milo armless statue of pulchritudinous goddess. [Gk. Art: Brewer Dictionary, 1126] See : Beauty, Feminine Venus de Milo classic sculpture, discovered in 1820 with arms missing. [Gk. Art: Brewer Dictionary] See : Incompleteness Venus de Milo half-naked marble Aphrodite. [Gk. Art: Os-borne, 1184] See : Nudity How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The sheriff's department and zoning officials in Bartholomew County, Indiana, have ordered the owner of a local business to move about 10 statues--copies of such classic works as the Venus de Milo and Michelangelo's David--out of public view. In both two and three dimensions, he could transform the human body, whether the Venus de Milo or a heroic academic nude, into a chest of drawers with nipples for knobs--a kind of humanoid carpentry also explored by Picasso, not to mention Goya, in one of his most famous Caprichos, which depicts foolish women wedded to chairs placed upside down on their heads. Officials in Bartholomew County, Indiana, are cracking down on the public display of classical statues, including Venus de Milo and Michelangelo's David. |
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