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In a tentative attempt to reconstruct his career, the original Aphrodite of Thespiae would be a work from his youth (in the 360s BC), if we choose to believe that this partially-draped female (frequently repeated in the Hellenistic era - the Venus de Milo, for example - is a prelude to the fully-naked nude that was his c. 350 BC Cnidian Aphrodite."
The analytic reconstruction of Praxiteles' development in the Ridgeway article suggested that a semi-draped Aphrodite was a station on the way to a fully nude Aphrodite. The Aphrodite-ness of this sculpture is in large part due to Girardon's applied attributes and the slenderising effect of completely refinishing the surface, according to the Ridgway article referenced. There is a replica of this type, found in Rome, 1921 (Capitoline Museums, inv. 2169). This text might profit from rethinking. --Wetman11:41, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
