Afrodite e os Deuses do Amor

'The Judgment of Paris,' Roman, Imperial Period, 45-79 A.D. Fresco, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.



Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
26 de outubro de 2011 - 20 de fevereiro de 2012
Torf Gallery, 184





Statuette of Aphrodite untying a sandal (Sandalbinder), Greek, East Greek, Late Hellenistic Period, 1st century B.C., Terracotta, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston




Hoje conhecida como a deusa do amor e da beleza, Afrodite, ou Vênus como ela era conhecida pelos romanos, foi uma das mais poderosas e antigas divindades gregas e um tema favorito na arte antiga.

 
Mosaic emblema with cupids gathering roses in a garden, Roman, North African, Imperial Period, late 2nd-mid-3rd century, Fine stone and glass tesserae on terracotta panel, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.




Esta é a primeira exposição sobre a poderosa deusa que tanto os escritores antigos como artistas descreveram como complexa e até mesmo perigosa.



Sleeping Hermaphrodite, Roman, Imperial Period, 1st century B.C. Marble, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma



Através da apresentação de 150 obras da arte grega e romana, "Afrodite e os Deuses do Amor", recebeu peças espetaculares emprestadas de Roma e Nápoles, revelando a deusa mais antiga e popular em seus papéis de sedutora e adúltera, instigadora do desejo sexual, de mãe para o travesso Eros, os sexualmente atípicos Hermafrodita e Priapos, padroeira das noivas, e muito mais.





Aphrodite (Capitoline type), Roman, Imperial Period, 2nd century A.D. Marble probably from the Greek island of Paros, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


 
Cameo with the Wedding of Cupid and Psyche or an initiation rite, Signed by: Tryphon, Roman, Late Republican or Early Imperial Period, Mid-to late 1st century B.C. Layered onyx cameo, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





 
Cameo with Livia holding a bust of Augustus (?), Roman, Imperial Period, A.D. 14-37, Turquoise, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





Mirror with women bathing before a statue of Aphrodite on a pillar, Roman, Eastern Mediterranean (?), Imperial Period, A.D. 110-117, Bronze; gilt bronze, reverse silvered, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





 
The Three Graces, Roman, Imperial Period, 54-68, Fresco, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei




 
Statuette of Eros wearing the lionskin of Herakles, Greek, East Greek, Hellenistic Period, 1st century B.C. Terracotta, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





Colossal Female Head, Possibly of Aphrodite, Cypriot, Late Archaic period, 510-480 B.C. Limestone, Museum purchase, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, Credit: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, museum purchase, Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





Statuette of Aphrodite emerging from the sea, Greek or Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Hellenistic or Imperial Period, 1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D. Marble probably from the Greek island of Paros, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





Oil flask (lekythos) in the form of Aphrodite, Greek, Late Classical Period, mid-4th century B.C. Ceramic, Figural, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





Aphrodite (Capitoline type), Roman, Imperial Period, 2nd century A.D. Marble probably from the Greek island of Paros, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.






Model shrine with nude goddess, Eastern Mediterranean, 6th-3rd century B.C. Terracotta, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





Statue of Priapus, Roman, Imperial Period, A.D. 170-240, Marble, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.





Votive Relief with Aphrodite and devotees, Greek, Late Classical period, 4th century B.C. Marble, Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei

Head of Aphrodite ('The Bartlett Head'), Greek, Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, about 330-300 B.C. Parian marble, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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