Afrodita Knidska
Afrodita Knidska je bila statua koja se smatra jednom od najpoznatijih djela starogrčkog vajara Praksitela iz [[Klasična Atena|Atene] (4. vijek pne.). Ona i njene kopije se često nazivaju tipom Venus Pudica (skromna Venera), zato što svoj pubis pokriva s rukama. Varijante Venus Pudicasu Venera de' Medici i Kapitolska Venera.
References
uredi- Theodor Kraus. Die Aphrodite von Knidos. Walter Dorn Verlag, Bremen/Hannover, 1957.
- Leonard Closuit. L'Aphrodite de Cnide: Étude typologique des principales répliques antiques de l'Aphrodite de Cnide de Praxitèle. Imrimerie Pillet - Martigney, 1978.
- Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny. Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900. Yale University Press, New Haven/London, 1981.
- Christine Mitchell Havelock. The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors: A Historical Review of the Female Nude in Greek Art. University of Michigan Press, 1995.
Vanjske veze
uredi- Entry page for the Vatican Museums.
- James Grout: Aphrodite of Cnidus, part of the Encyclopædia Romana