Why do marble statues have no arms?

Answer 1

Very old statues usually get a lot of rough handling and they break off. The old classic look of statues with broken arms has become a sort of symbol for classic art and so is often recreated in more recent statues. But the originals did have arms! A lot of people like the esthetic look of the broken arms and consider the form of the bust or torso to be the perfect body form, and arms become a distraction to them.

Answer 2

Greek sculpture is very old, most of it more than 2000 years. There have been lots of incidents which have damaged artwork. MInor accidents may be sufficient to damage protruding parts of a marble sculpture, as arms, legs, head, ears, nose, penis etc. Note that most Greek sculpture was bronze. Most antique marble sculpture is Roman or Roman copies of Greek bronze originals.

Answer 3

The greek sculptues dont have arms of head. most people thinks it is because they are old that is not completly correct. i am greek and acording to ancient greek history most of the sculptures were of greek gods. When the greek converted to Christianity they still keep there sculptures and they wanted to keep them as a memory of the history. but the christians didn't like how they wanted to keep there sculptures of the old greek gods ( athena,zues, hates, etc.) becuase they were now christians and didn't belive in the old greek gods. the christians for other coutries had goten angry and cut the arms and heads of there sculptures. that is why the greek sculptures dont have arms and heads.

Answer 4

Venus de Milo