cultures that produced the Venus de Willendorf with the culture that produces the Barbie doll. While writing about the two cultures‚ I will describe some common themes the Paleolithic culture and the modern culture share; what our modern culture has adopted and those things it has rejected of which the Paleolithic culture held to high standards. Most important through my writing I will show you how much our world views have changed from the era of the Venus de Willendorf to the modern world view
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Ugly or Beautiful? It is well known that beauty and ugliness are opposites. If that is so‚ how can art be ugly and beautiful at the same time? Some pieces of art are ugly to the eyes but beautiful mind. The Venus of Willendorf (Venus of Willendorf: 1-3) is an example of such. It is a small figure of a large woman. She has very large breast with skinny little arms rested on top of them. Her breast lay on her even larger stomach‚ which hangs down to just above her pubic area. Her pubic area and
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is unappealing. Our generation prefers anorexically thin women‚ as shown by magazines and fashion runways. Like the video says‚ it’s most likely caused by different cultures and ways of life. Before watching this video‚ if I had seen the “Venus of Willendorf” I would have felt disgusted and moved right on to whatever is next. I would have never thought twice about why it is the way it is. I also never stopped to look at how truly unrealistic the Greek sculptures were. I honestly thought that
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cultural norms except through visual objects. Thus‚ the idea of conveying messages and norms through visual objects began as cultures developed. The method of conveying ideas through abstract art hence continued since then. The art pieces‚ Venus of Willendorf‚ King from Ife‚ Dilukai‚ and Guernica clearly portrays certain cultural ideas through their abstract and stylized designs. The sculpture‚ King From Ife clearly represents the cultural norms of Ife Kingdom during 11th-12th century. As most
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Some kind of summary PreHistoric Art Since the earliest humans are considered to have no specific language‚ prehistoric art is then recognized as preliterate form of communication. Literacy is not yet present during that time that’s why they used art to communicate with others and also to interpret their culture and environment. Generally‚ Prehistoric art is dominated by two subjects Survival and Fertility. Survival can be seen in the cave paintings wherein the most drawn things are animals
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Art of ancient civilizations stood as testaments to the beliefs and ideas practiced in everyday life. The practices and techniques built upon the work of civilizations past to continue to push forward the advancement of artistic ideals‚ and it is through this process that much of the great modern art stands today. Yet‚ these ideas all stemmed from the basic understanding and recreation of the human form in all forms of art. By analyzing distinct pieces from the Paleolithic/Neolithic art‚ Roman art
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the earth and the heavens. They had drums‚ dancing‚ and singing. The tools they made were more advanced than anything before their time‚ flint blades were used and they even fished. Surely these some of these tools were used for the sculpting Venus figurines. Paleolithic man was much more advanced than people give credit too.
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Which roughly started about 40‚000 BC as to were written was about 3‚500 BC. Also many pre-historic sculptures which they date to be around 40‚000 BC had three main aspects to it Found ‚Portable ‚Magical .A prime example of this would be the Venus of Willendorf which was dated around 25‚00-21‚00 BC. This figure shows the apparent large size of the breasts and abdomen ‚which can be interpreted as a fertility symbol. The figure has no visible face as well which could mean that it was universal in the
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d. Ziggurat at Ur Ancient Mesopotamia e. Step Pyramid of Zoser Ancient Egypt f. The Great Pyramid Ancient Egypt g. Mycenarinus and the Queen Ancient Egypt h. Dying Lioness Assyrians i. Venus of Willendorf Prehistoric Era j. Mask of Tutankhamen Ancient Egypt k. Caves of Lascaux Spain and in France Closed to the public because of
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| Art History MidtermStudy online at quizlet.com/_8m0yq | 1. | A Classical colonnade around a building or courtyard is called a | | peristyle | 2. | A half-column attached to a wall is called a/an | | Engaged column | 3. | A plain or decorated slab on a Doric frieze which alternates with the triglyphs is called the | | Metopes | 4. | A series or row of columns usually spanned by lintels is called a/an: | | Colonnade
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