Pygmalion, disgusted by the women around him, decided to sculpt a perfect woman... and he fell in love with the sculpture. Venus, the goddess of love, turned the statue into a woman, much to Pygmalion's delight; you can see him kissing the newly awakened statue in this painting by Jean Léon Gérôme. The story is told most famously by Ovid in his Metamophoses.
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