by Takis Théodoropoulos · Sabine Wespieser Éditeur · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782848050645
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«L'invention de la Vénus de Milo» is the historical account by Takis Théodoropoulos, published in paperback by Sabine Wespieser (216 pages, in French).
It investigates how an ancient marble found by chance on the island of Milos in 1820 became an icon of Western art. With irony, it recounts the disputes between Olivier Voutier, Dumont d'Urville and others over claiming the discovery, and how the neoclassical sensibility of the era invented the image of Venus.
Work originally published in 2007 under the Greek title «Το αριστερό χέρι της Αφροδίτης»; translated from the Greek by Michel Grodent.
A work for readers interested in archaeology, art history and investigative accounts of the construction of cultural myths.
