In 1820 a peasant named Yorgos found the broken body of the Venus de Milo in an underground cavern on the Aegean island of Milos. The sculpture was later presented to King Louis XVIII and his art advisors sought the assistance of the French sculptors in supplying the missing arms They devised arms which held apples, garments, lamps and arms that held nothing at all but pointed in various directions.
The Fertility Goddess from the Prehistoric era was found without her clay head. Somewhere along the way, someone add her head.
The Statues from the Abu Temple were pieced together as most were found broken.
With a whole sculpture, we are given much more information, but it then becomes a work touched by modern hands.
Choose a side, do you feel that adding pieces to ancient sculptures is a good idea? Or do you think that sculptures should be left as they had been found? Explain.
The Fertility Goddess from the Prehistoric era was found without her clay head. Somewhere along the way, someone add her head.
The Statues from the Abu Temple were pieced together as most were found broken.
With a whole sculpture, we are given much more information, but it then becomes a work touched by modern hands.
Choose a side, do you feel that adding pieces to ancient sculptures is a good idea? Or do you think that sculptures should be left as they had been found? Explain.