Classical art threadVenus de Milo, at the Louvre.
moar
Here's some modern adaptions of the artistic torso.Sorry, they're rather small.Pic: Adam's Eden.
Cassandra
One with the distracting background blotted out.
Venus de Milo (Aphrodite from Melos) Parian marble, ca. 130-100 BC, found in Melos in 1820.Gift of the Marquis de Rivière to Louis XVIII of France, 1821.
Winged Victory of Samothrace.
Rodin - The Thinker on Gate of Hell.
The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the center of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the Place de l'Étoile (Star Square). It is at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The arch honors the Napoleon kings. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe
Badge of the SHAEF (Supreme Head, Allied Expeditionary Force), commemorating the Liberation of Paris, in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe. Paris, France.
>>350211more like classic guro, amirite?
Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (triumphal arch) - Bas-relief La Résistance, by Antoine Etex, 1814.
Le Départ de 1792
Le Triomphe de 1810
Le Triomphe le bas-relief de gauche.
And a Napoleonic battle scene - J.E. Chaponniere 1835.
>>350244