Everyone has tried to write a paper in all fields of society. A thesis refers to an article that conducts research in various academic fields and describes the achievements of academic research. Still at a loss for the paper? The following are my collected papers on the artistic beauty of Aphrodite of Milos, for reference only. Let's have a look.
The geographical scope of ancient Greece, including hundreds of large and small islands in the Aegean Sea and the Aegean Sea with pleasant climate, cultivated the Greeks into romantic temperament, thus creating ancient and rich Greek myths. Marx once said: "Greek mythology is not only the arsenal of Greek art, but also its soil." A large part of the existing Greek sculpture art shows the theme of Greek mythology. In the ancient Greek concept, "God and man are the same", and God is only more perfect and full of vitality than real people. What is particularly interesting is that in Greek mythology, God and man coexist, and they often associate with each other and marry each other, resulting in the realm of "the same origin of God and man". Greek artists often create gods of human faces and endow them with human bodies, thoughts and feelings. In Greek mythology, the goddess who represents love and beauty is called Aphrodite.
During the Hellenistic period, there were many sculptures depicting women, especially Aphrodite. Among the sculptures, the most ideal is the statue of Hellenistic period (4th century BC-A.D. 1 century) found on Milos Island in Aegean Sea in/820. It gives people a subtle and intriguing aesthetic feeling, which dwarfs almost all sculptures that express the beauty of women's bodies; The statue seems to be caressed, but the goddess has no delicate expression, only purity and elegance; Her solemn, lofty and elegant posture and quiet and solemn facial expression all have a sense of reserve and wisdom. The goddess is naked but dignified and elegant. Although she has no arms, she is still slim. Quiet meditation and solemn charm, this elusive beauty god condenses all the beauty of human women and pushes the harmonious ideal of classical art to a new height. In this work, two artistic styles of elegance and sublimity are combined, which is a model of perfect combination of realistic beauty and ideal beauty. Aphrodite of Milos is also known as Venus with a broken arm. This paper mainly analyzes Aphrodite's artistic beauty from her curvaceous beauty, incomplete beauty, proportional beauty and artistic charm.
First of all, the discovery of Aphrodite of Milos
Aphrodite of Milos was named after the discovery of 1820 on Milos Island. Because her arm was broken when she was found, she was also called "Aphrodite with a broken arm". The discoverer of this work is a farmer named Giljueshi on Milos Island, who excavated it while preparing soil beside an ancient tomb. At that time, the statue had been broken into several pieces, and the farmer knew it was a valuable thing, so he immediately buried it and reported it to the French consul on the island. The consul paid a deposit and informed the French ambassador in Constantinople at that time. At the same time, a Greek art lover named Kiel Dumont Duerville, who was engaged in surveying in the Aegean Sea, also paid attention to this matter. After seeing the fragments of these statues, he thought that these fast films should be a whole and concluded that they were statues of Venus. He told the farmer that France had decided to buy her, so there was no need to tell anyone. Then he rushed to Constantinople and stated the matter to the ambassador, who sent someone to make a deal. But the elders of the island intervened for the benefit of the island and ordered the farmer to sell the statue to a Greek official working in Turkey. When the French arrived on the island, the statue was already being loaded. In this case, both sides want to solve this matter by force, and the Aegean Sea is overcast. Finally, a storm solved the problem. The statue was successfully transported to Paris and presented to King Louis Stanislas Xavier, who became French national property. Later, Louis Stanislas Xavier gave it to the Louvre, which is still a treasure of the Louvre.
This work can be said to be a masterpiece of sculpture, with a sense of volume and space. Judging from the treatment of human body and the charm of soul, it is considered to be a work in the Hellenistic period. The human arm was broken, and many sculptors made it complete, but none of them were satisfactory. On the contrary, they think that the current "lack" is "all", and inappropriate "all" can only make the work lose its due aura.
Second, the physical beauty of Aphrodite of Milos.
The formal beauty in Milos' Aphrodite can be embodied in the curve beauty of "S" and the proportional beauty of the golden section. The statue of Aphrodite in Milos was carved from two pieces of marble. The goddess was slightly twisted and her upper body was bare. The lower body covered by the skirt makes the exposed upper body look more beautiful. The ever-changing skirt pleats make the undulating lines of the body form an obvious rhythm, setting off a round trunk and delicate skin. The plump and symmetrical slender figure presents the curve beauty of "S" shape with a relaxed and gentle posture. The curve gives people the feeling of being dynamic, soft and rhythmic. This sculpture is treated in this way, making Aphrodite more harmonious and charming.
The overall proportion of the goddess in the Aphrodite statue of Milos is 1:7. The ratio of 1:7 refers to the adult head as the basic standard, and the overall height is seven or seven and a half heads long. This is the most standard proportion of human body in plastic arts, and it is also a division rule in plastic arts, which is called the golden ratio. Its ratio is about 1.6 18: 1 or 1:0.6 18, which is called the golden ratio.
Third, the incomplete beauty of Aphrodite of Milos.
Aphrodite of Milos is also called "Venus with a broken arm" because it has a broken arm. Incomplete is a kind of beauty, but not all incomplete is beautiful. Incompleteness is the expression of beauty, the expression of beauty personality, not simple reproduction. The reason why the brokeback Venus is called the representative of "incomplete beauty" is that the incomplete beauty of the brokeback Venus is not only manifested in the external form, but also in the infinite artistic space of the incomplete form.
Aphrodite of Milos was made public by several works after careful joint processing, but the human arm was still missing, and many sculptors tried to finish it, but it was not satisfactory. On the contrary, they think that the "lack" of the work is the "integrity" of the art, and improper "completion" will only make the work lose its proper aura. The hip on the right side of the statue is filled with another kind of stone, and the elbow is added separately, but only the upper part of the left bowl and the hand holding the apple are not as skilled as the body part in technique, and the treatment of clothing lines is not as good as the human body. It's not finished yet. It may have been broken long ago. Someone added it. The inscription on the pedestal below reads: "alexandros of Tiquia-Sur-Meandro made this". The date of making this statue has been controversial, but the author is beyond doubt. Unfortunately, this pedestal engraved with the inscription was lost on the way from Milos Island to Paris in 182 1 year, and the evidence was gone. Scholars are still studying and arguing, but no matter how many arguments this work has, it can't make it lose its existing beauty. The pedestal engraved with the inscription and the arm holding the apple were identified by experts as irrelevant to the statue itself, presumably added later, so it can be judged that the arm was lost in Rome. For this reason, the statue is known as the "Brokeback Venus", which is also the reason. At the same time, repairing the arm of the statue has become the most mysterious and interesting activity for artists and historians. Venus without her arms gives people endless imagination. Let's imagine: what is the image of Venus before the broken arm? Is she holding an apple in her left hand, resting her arm on a wooden platform and holding a waist cloth in her right hand, as the German archaeologist Dolf Forteau Wengula thinks? Or is it like the British sculptor Bayer holding a wreath of victory in his hands, the Swiss guy Kyle Solomon holding a pigeon in his right hand and an apple in his left hand, and the Polish anatomist hassell about to plunge into the water, holding the falling waist cloth in his right hand and stroking the hair bundle in his left hand? Or like German sculptor Zell strasser, standing beside Mars, the god of war of his lover, holding Mars' right wrist with his right hand and resting his left hand gently on Mars' left shoulder? Wait, these pictures can float in our minds, giving us endless imagination. However, whenever possible, there will be corresponding reasons to refute it. Finally, it is concluded that it is perfect to keep the broken arm, and only to keep the image of the work without the arm. Its aesthetic charm is also unattainable, it can promote a higher realm, let people know the wonderful structure of people's own beauty and induce the ideal of beauty.
Hands are ever-changing means for people to negotiate with the world, others and themselves. Without hands, the relationship between aesthetic subject and aesthetic object has various possibilities. Venus's lost arms exude a mysterious atmosphere that is difficult to describe accurately, or she is deeply pregnant with a dream of life with various possibilities. She must lose her arms to be more beautiful and charming. This is a kind of incomplete beauty given by Venus.
Fourthly, the artistic charm of Aphrodite of Milos.
Aphrodite of Milos and Mona Lisa are called the three treasures of the Louvre. Aphrodite is the god of love and beauty in ancient Greek mythology, and also the goddess symbolizing fertility. The source of ancient Greek sculpture art was created according to ancient Greek myths and legends. Greek mythology reflects the Greeks' beautiful fantasies about nature and society. People in Greece think that the form and personality of God and man are the same, so they refer to the image of man to shape the image of God, and Aphrodite is the image of God in their hearts.
The statue of Aphrodite in Milos is carved from two pieces of marble, and the seam is at the junction of the naked torso and the clothes. The naked upper body of the statue naturally combines with the wrinkled lower body to form a clever contrast. It not only shows the robustness and fullness of the goddess, but also makes the whole statue stable and changeable. This statue is recognized as the most perfect mannequin among the ancient Greek goddess statues. Venus has a dignified and beautiful figure, plump skin and a beautiful oval face. Greeks have straight noses, flat foreheads and plump chins; The calm face reveals the idealized tradition inherited from the heyday of ancient Greek sculpture art; The slightly twisted posture makes the semi-naked body constitute a very harmonious and beautiful spiral rising posture; Full of musical rhythm, great charm, youthful vitality and simple and elegant beauty, giving people a pure and noble feeling. In the work, Aphrodite's legs are full of wrinkles, which are very expressive and make the goddess's body feel more rhythmic. The exposed toes are thick and steady, which better sets off the beauty of the upper body. The expression and posture of the goddess are so solemn, lofty and majestic, like a monument. She is so beautiful that she shows the most feminine and charming side of women. Give a person a very relaxed feeling, her mouth slightly upward smile, give a person a kind of reserved, intelligent feeling. It makes people feel that the goddess is very calm, without any charm and shyness, only pure and elegant. What is particularly surprising is that although her arm has been broken, it does not affect her lifelike body at all, and still gives people a perfect feeling, just like deliberately not wanting that arm. So that sculptors feel powerless after competing to make replicas of repaired arms, but they feel that adding arms has a feeling of gilding the lily. It is precisely because of this broken arm that Aphrodite of Milos can arouse people's beautiful imagination and enhance the appreciation value of the work.
Aphrodite of Milos, a statue, adopts a simple artistic technique instead of pursuing a slim and exquisite figure, which embodies the youth, thought and inner virtue of the human body. No matter from which angle you appreciate the statue, you can find its unique beauty, which is no longer the "sensory beauty" shown by most female statues in Greece, but the perfect combination of classical ideal beauty and realistic beauty. The sculptor not only accurately shaped the image of the goddess of love and beauty in line with the Greek aesthetic concept, but also endowed her with noble and holy beauty beyond reality.
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