Venus De Willendorf Vs. Barbie
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April 21, 2013
Venus de Willendorf VS The Barbie Doll
Who are they today?
Venus de Willendorf and Barbie are two very different representations of women and their beauty. Both are man-made and inspirational, both from two very different times. Venus by the homosapiens millions of years ago and Barbie a mere fifty years ago by a woman and mother looking for a doll her daughter could play and grow with. In looking at Venus de Willendorf and the Barbie doll, they seem to be related in a way and yet could not be any more different in appearance. In analyzing their culture and the time periods by which both were created, we learn a lot of who created them, what they stand for, how they are related and how they are different. As modern women, we put a lot into our appearances. From dying our hair, putting make-up on, use creams and serums, Botox, collagen injections, plastic surgery and so much more all to feel beautiful and attractive to those we desire and to avoid the unacceptable look by modern standards of Venus de Willendorf. Paleolithic times are still so unknown to us, we study Venus de Willendorf based on what we do know. Her name “Venus” is a Greek rooted name for “Love and Beauty.” Her obese body tells modern historians that she was the symbol of motherhood and stood for fertility. It is believed that Venus was what the Paleolithic saw as beautiful. A woman capable of producing children. Her missing face is also felt that her beauty what not measured by her facial features at all but her abilities to reproduce and expand their people. Venus was created by what are believed to be the first homosapians and the start of human kind. They were hunters and gatherers that survived and hunted using tools by which they created. Making stones sharp and pointed to hunt with using every part of what they killed for their own survival. The hides and skins were used for warmth, the meat is what fed them, and then bones were made into tools
April 21, 2013
Venus de Willendorf VS The Barbie Doll
Who are they today?
Venus de Willendorf and Barbie are two very different representations of women and their beauty. Both are man-made and inspirational, both from two very different times. Venus by the homosapiens millions of years ago and Barbie a mere fifty years ago by a woman and mother looking for a doll her daughter could play and grow with. In looking at Venus de Willendorf and the Barbie doll, they seem to be related in a way and yet could not be any more different in appearance. In analyzing their culture and the time periods by which both were created, we learn a lot of who created them, what they stand for, how they are related and how they are different. As modern women, we put a lot into our appearances. From dying our hair, putting make-up on, use creams and serums, Botox, collagen injections, plastic surgery and so much more all to feel beautiful and attractive to those we desire and to avoid the unacceptable look by modern standards of Venus de Willendorf. Paleolithic times are still so unknown to us, we study Venus de Willendorf based on what we do know. Her name “Venus” is a Greek rooted name for “Love and Beauty.” Her obese body tells modern historians that she was the symbol of motherhood and stood for fertility. It is believed that Venus was what the Paleolithic saw as beautiful. A woman capable of producing children. Her missing face is also felt that her beauty what not measured by her facial features at all but her abilities to reproduce and expand their people. Venus was created by what are believed to be the first homosapians and the start of human kind. They were hunters and gatherers that survived and hunted using tools by which they created. Making stones sharp and pointed to hunt with using every part of what they killed for their own survival. The hides and skins were used for warmth, the meat is what fed them, and then bones were made into tools
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