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ahrodite riverwood plantation
Aphrodite
Acrylic on canvas
48x72"
2004

In the 19th century during the Abolitionist movement, artists began making heroic depictions of black men and women using the classical language of ancient Greece and Rome to emphasize the humanity and nobility of the subject. The figure in this painting is based upon of the Venus of Praxiteles in the Vatican.