During the classical Greek period, some consider this is the beginnings of our western civilization, artists made beautiful statuary and thimbles that were originally multicolored and now have faded to white, but we still admire them for their beauty and their mathematics.

If we did, and looked beyond its apparent serenity and gentleness, this uneasy balancing act, this frenetic movement, this firm, unwavering line... ... we would see that this slender, elongated figure, with its abundant hair is light years away from the massive solidity of classical statuary... and that this abstracted, melancholy face, is closer to today's deadpan super models than the frankly carnal images of Venus which followed it.