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To: AnAmericanMother
That's the same pose as Aphrodite of Praxiteles though September Morn is way prettier.

OB dogs...mine loved swimming in Lake Winnepesaukee. We'd take off in the canoe and she'd swim after us. She loved riding in the canoe, too. What a goof!

264 posted on 07/14/2005 10:55:09 AM PDT by cloud8
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To: cloud8
That looks more like the Medici Venus than the Praxiteles Aphrodite (Cnidian Aphrodite), the original of which was lost in 475. The one in the Vatican is considered the best copy:

Here's the Medici Venus:

I'm sure the September Morn artist was well aware!

285 posted on 07/14/2005 11:10:08 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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