Explain the significance of Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
• This Aphrodite may have been the first female nude.
• It is considered a celebration of the female form, in its perfect state.
• It is possible this was the first sensualized female form, made specifically for the male audience.
• Praxiteles employed the canon of ratio to balance the body's proportion.
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