Venus genetrix at the louvre, paris 3D for print
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On the night before the decisive battle of Pharsalus (48 BC), Julius Caesar vowed to dedicate a temple at Rome to Venus, supposed ancestor of his gens. In fulfilment of his vow he erected a temple of Venus Genetrix in the new forum he constructed. Contemporary references identify the cult statue in the temple as by a certain Greek sculptor, Arkesilaos.
Two types, represented in many Roman examples in marble, bronze, and terra cotta, contend among scholars for identification as representing the type of this drapedVenus Genetrix. Besides the type described further below, is another, in which Venus carries an infant Eros on her shoulder
Publication date: 2018/09/21 at 15:03...
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The sculptural type of Venus Genetrix shows the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect of Genetrix (mother), as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dyna...sty of Rome, who followed the precedent of Julius Caesar in claiming her as their ancestor. Through this historical chance, a Roman designation is applied to an iconological type of Aphrodite that originated among the Greeks.On the night before the decisive battle of Pharsalus (48 BC), Julius Caesar vowed to dedicate a temple at Rome to Venus, supposed ancestor of his gens. In fulfilment of his vow he erected a temple of Venus Genetrix in the new forum he constructed. Contemporary references identify the cult statue in the temple as by a certain Greek sculptor, Arkesilaos.
Two types, represented in many Roman examples in marble, bronze, and terra cotta, contend among scholars for identification as representing the type of this drapedVenus Genetrix. Besides the type described further below, is another, in which Venus carries an infant Eros on her shoulder
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