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A Hint of Modesty
12017-06-14T12:34:48-07:00Aneesah Ettressaef5effc74a7015f877dd59f557cf7172f5a72ea148582plain2017-06-14T12:36:23-07:00Aneesah Ettressaef5effc74a7015f877dd59f557cf7172f5a72eaThe simultaneous covering and uncovering of the so-called “modest Venus” generates a sense that there was a time where the figure was covered, and thus extends beyond a lived moment—the robe draped over the vase similarly supports this.
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12017-03-25T13:32:11-07:00Jmedina29ac3fc10003fb639ac412984b59b01a5b826e161Aphrodite of Knidos8Praxiteles, 300-400 BCE, marble, National Museum of Rome, Rome , ITplain2017-07-20T11:29:45-07:00Wikimedia Commons300 BCE36.686450, 27.374679MarbleRome, ITPraxitelesAneesah Ettressaef5effc74a7015f877dd59f557cf7172f5a72ea
