100.KZ.11 Aphrodite Kallipygos Statuette

This is a 3D model of a Neoclassical statuette, which copies an ancient marble statue in the National Archaeological Museum (Naples). It displays a woman (the goddess Aphrodite? a mortal?) partially draped in her robes. This pose and subject is a statue type called the “Aphrodite Kallipygian” (Callipygian Venus). This modern name came from the Greek words *kallos* (beauty) + *pyge* (buttocks). The original Roman work dates from the 1st c. BCE. It was recovered in the 16th c. missing its head. **Biobliography**: [Auction Catalog](https://bit.ly/2x11ILY); statue type: [Wikipedia](https://bit.ly/3bQw5DT) # Ancient World 3D This model posting is part of [Ancient World 3D](https://exhibits.ulib.iupui.edu/aw3d/items/show/3), a project that provides curated 3D open access content for Classical Studies. The [original model was posted by Scan The World](http://mmf.io/o/71798). This entry was composed by Samantha Schlegel (Dr. Elizabeth Thill, advisor, Cheyenne Eversole, curator).