揭秘维纳斯：古代爱神

• 清晰：BD
• 类型：神话
• 主演：Bettany Hughes
• 年代：2017 / 英国 / Jack,MacInnes,Mary,Cranitch
• 导演：Jack MacInnes
• 国家/地区：英国
• 时长：120分钟
• 语言/字幕：国语对白 中文字幕
• 年代：2017
• 更新时间：2024-04-18 22:41:07
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• 详细介绍： In1914,thesuffragetteMaryRichardsonattackedtheRoke… In1914,thesuffragetteMaryRichardsonattackedtheRokebyVenusattheNationalGalleryinLondon.Butwhydidthispaintingfiresuchoutrage?ProfessorBettanyHughesembarksonavoyageofdiscoverytorevealthetruthbehindtheVenusdepictedinthepainting,provingthatthismythologicalfigureissomuchmorethanjustanexcuseforsensualnudityandchocolate-boxromance.BecauseVenusUncoveredistheremarkablestoryofoneofantiquity'smostpotentforces.Andmorethanthat-hersisthestoryofhumandesire,andhowdesiretransformswhoweareandhowwebehave. ChartingVenus'soriginsinpowerfulancientdeities,BettanydemonstratesthatVenusisfarmorecomplexthanfirstmeetstheeye.BeginninginCyprus,thegoddess'smythicalbirthplace,BettanydecodesVenus'srelationshiptotheGreekgoddessAphrodite,and,inturn,Aphrodite'smixed-uporiginsbothasaCypriotspiritoffertilityandprocreation-butalso,asadescendantoftheprehistoricwargoddessesoftheNearandMiddleEast,Ishtar,InannaandAstarte.WestarttoseetheVenusisaboutdesireofallkinds-malignaswellasbenign.Hughesmeetsworldexpertswhorevealthemysteriousandobscurewaysthisancientgoddesswasimaginedandworshipped(includingasabearded,gender-fluidwomanandevenasagiant,sinister,volcanicrock),andvisitsthesiteswheretherealwomenandmenoftheBronzeAgeadoredheras'greaterthanagod'-acreaturewhogaveallandtookallaway.Bettany-whohasbeeninvestigatingAphroditeforoveradecade-looksintothegoddess'sownlovelifetoseethat-evenforher-tanglingwithanotherwasoftenbittersweet.Weheartheheartfelt,2,600-year-oldpoemsofAphrodite'sacolyte,thefemalepoetSappho-beggingthequestion,doespassionalwaysgeneratebothpainandpleasure? Afarcryfromthesoft,nudefemaleformwearenowaccustomedto,weseethewar-like,martially-cladVenusworshippedinRomebyJuliusCaesarandemulatedbytheEgyptianqueenCleopatra.Downthegenerations,Venushasbeenaconstantlyevolvingfigure.Sheisgenuinelyimmortal-agoddesswhorefusestoliedownanddie.FromStoneAgeMediterraneanculturestoan18th-century,Venus-themedBritishstatelyhome-frequentedbyhigh-rankingpoliticiansandaristocrats-Venusrepresentsthepoweroflust,andofhateaswellaslove. Throughancientart,evocativemyth,excitingarchaeologicalrevelationsandphilosophicalexplorationsBettanyrevealshowthisimmortalgoddessenduresthroughtothe21stcentury,andwhatherstoryandjourneythroughtimerevealsaboutwhatmatterstousashumans.UncoveringVenus-sheshowsuswhywestillneedtocareaboutthisprimordialcompaniononthehumanjourney-andhowwetrivialiseherpoweratourperil. 详情