The statue titled Torso of Venus was a replica of Praxiteles' original work. The Romans made the sculpture in the 1st or 2nd century AD, during the Late Antique era; more specifically known as the pre-Constantinian period. Like the original, the statue was made of marble. The Torso of Venus is a statue of the goddess Venus, commonly known as the goddess of love and beauty. It was said that she was born or emerged from sea foam. Venus, or Aphrodite to the Greeks, embodied beauty, sexuality, love and fertility. I believe the torso of Venus was the Roman version of "Aphrodite of Cnidus", which was one of the most famous works of the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles of Athens in the 4th century BC. The voluptuous goddess is sculpted nude and you can see her torso is tilted slightly forward, creating folds on her waist and above her navel. The way the abdomen is defined suggests that she was probably standing with her weight on one leg, probably her left leg, while her right leg was probably slightly bent and sticking out in front of the left. I'm not sure if the legs weren't made or if they fell off and only the torso remains, but I think they probably fell off or were taken apart, along with the arms and head. Overall, its body is a spiral composition. It features a slight rotation of the body from hips to shoulders, combined with the outward thrust of the right hip, resulting in a fascinating S-shaped pose. The torso is sculpted with careful naturalism, in an effort to achieve ideal proportions and harmony of lines. However, there is no exaggeration or unbalanced emphasis, and the essential dignity of the figure is evident. The artist sublimated human beauty in the middle of the paper......art.Works citedEncyclopedia Mythica. "Venus." Mythica Encyclopedia: mythology, folklore and religion. Np, March 3, 1997. Web. April 12, 2014. .Gill, NS. “Who is the Roman goddess Venus? About.com Ancient/Classical History. About.com, and Web. April 15, 2014. .Gift from the Goddess. “The goddess Venus, goddess of romance and beauty (Aphrodite).” Np, Web. April 12, 2014. .Rayment, Kate. “Aphrodite: Venus: Goddess of Love and Beauty.” InDepthInfo: Information provided in depth. InDepthInfo and Web. April 15, 2014. Stokstad, M. and Cothren, MW (2008). History of Art: Volume 1 (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Print.