Aphrodite is one of the deities best known by the Greek people (called Venus by the Romans). She is known for being the goddess of love, beauty and sexual ecstasy. So being the goddess of love and beauty, one would just like to make a beautiful sculpture to honor the goddess, hence the creation of the Venus de Milo. This article will examine the history of sculpture. First I will give a brief history of sculpture. Second, I will provide a formal analysis of the sculpture. Finally, I will discuss why this sculpture is known to be one of the most famous sculptures of the Hellenistic period. The Venus de Milo is 6 feet 8 inches tall. It was built around the last years of the Hellenistic period in the year 150 BC by Alexander of Antioch and is made of marble. It was first discovered on April 8, 1820 on the island of Melos (Milos in modern Greek), by a farmer and/or farmer who was digging in his field and began unearthing the statue. There was a French sailor named Olivier Voutier, who was present at the moment when this farmer began to unearth the stature and asked him to dig it up completely. It was later purchased by French navel officers, then currently to Louis XVII, who in turn donated it to the Louvre, where it still stands today (Kousser). The Venus de Milo is a sculpture that can be admired from all angles, not just being viewed directly from the front of the body. It is made of two blocks of marble, but was made up of several separately carved parts. She is shown half naked from the waist up. It has a sort of drape around the waist and flows down to the feet. Even the drapery that surrounds it is formed in such a way that it can pass...... to the center of the paper ......ity, Winter 2002. Web. 16 April 2014. .Astier, Marie-Bénédicte. "Opera Aphrodite, known as the "Venus de Milo"." Aphrodite, known as the "Venus de Milo". Np, nd Web. April 28, 2014. .Kousser, Rachel. "Creating the Past: The Venus de Milo and the Hellenistic Reception of Classical Greece." JSTOR. Archaeological Institute of America, April 2005. Web. 16 April 2014. Luca Leoncini. "Venus de Milo." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web.15 April 2014..Winckelmann, Johann. "Venus de Milo." Venus de Milo. Np, nd Web. April 28. 2014. .