Statuettes et reliefs de Venus à Aquincum, Budapest (original) (raw)

2009

Abstract

"Statues and reliefs of Venus in Aquincum Abstract The cult of Aphrodite-Venus in Aquincum can be conjectured from a small number of representations. The cult of the more official goddess showing graceful features cannot be detected. However, the more frivolous Venus, who is thus easy to be identified with the ancient fertility goddess, must have been popular. On the basis of their findspots, her representations in stone must have been placed in private houses, perhaps in lararia. The representations preserved the features created in classical Greek art, transformed in Hellenistic period, and mixed and re-created in the Roman period. The classical prefiguration, however, was transformed, or ‘provincialised’ by the local sculptor. New features became widely spread, such as the emphatic abdomen and lower-body, the indication of the curve of the ribs and navel, and the static character of the representations. "

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