Talk:Venus de Milo

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[edit] Arms?

i would just like to know why it is that the Venus De Milo sculpture has no arms? Was she created with them but found without? Was she made without them for some reason? I would appreciate a response thanks! I'll be checking the site!

I'm fairly certain she was found that way. I know she was not sculpted without arms, but whether the arms broke off after her discovery or before I don't know. If they broke off afterwards, I'd think they would have been kept. —Frecklefoot 19:56, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)

The first page listed in the External links section says that she was created with arms, but that they were already missing when she was found. So there you go. —Paul A 01:27, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

I uploaded a picture at commons, see commons:Image:venus_de_milo_bs.jpg. It's an actual picture taken in the museum. I don't have an eye for aesthetics, so I'll let someone else replace it if they feel like it. CryptoDerk 05:11, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)

Nevermind. I found 2 better pics (which I've inserted) on commons. CryptoDerk 21:57, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia section

I deleted the trivia section. None of the points listed were significant or relevant to Venus de Milo. Such a famous work of art is of course referenced several times in popular culture, but to list every instance would be folly. If the reference to venus is important to the popular work in question, it should be mentioned in the article dealing with the popular work itself. However, many of the mentions in this section was to very minor (generally armless and female) characters, that do not merit mention anywhere on wikipedia. For those of you who disagree with me, please read Wikipedia:Trivia before reverting my edit. If you really DO wish to include a popular culture/trivia-section in this article, I suggest it be written in prose form on the general impact of this work on popular culture rather than as a list of meaningless trivia. However, such a section would likely be original resarch. Dr bab 13:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)