The medium Alexandros used to create Venus de Milo was Italian marble, a type of white high quality marble popularly used in sculpture. Italian marble’s durability and translucency has made it a popular choice among many great ancient Greek artists such as Polykeitos, …show more content…
However in Greek statuary it was not uncommon to find a nude female form. Greek artist strived for the perfect ideal human form, Venus de Milo depicting the goddess of Beauty and love would be symbolism for the ideal female form. Even though women were seen as being subservient, the Greeks believed that male and female forms were dichotomies, allowing nude female forms to be socially acceptable. In todays modern world, the Venus de Milo is considered to be one of the greatest works of art from ancient Greece its mystery only adding to its