Found near the town of Willendorf in Austria by an archaeologist named Joseph Szombathy‚ the approximately 4½ inch tall statue of a female figure most commonly known as the Venus of Willendorf or Woman of Willendorf is one of the earliest representations of the human figure ever created. The Venus of Willendorf possesses enlarged breasts‚ a rounded belly‚ and wide hips which all accentuate her fertility. Her arms and legs are extremely disproportionate as those are not vital to her fertility and
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The Venus of Willendorf Ever since the beginning of the Stone Age around 25‚000 B.C. and throughout the late classical period in 400 B.C.‚ we can infer and see that both men and women have been portrayed in many ways when viewing particular cultures around the time period. The representation of the female body can be seen through numerous pieces of Art. Ladies and Gentleman the figurine in front of you is called “The Venus of Willendorf”‚ and it is the oldest female figurine statuette
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Venus of Willendorf June 13th 2011 Found sometime during 1908‚ George Grant MacCurdy an Anthropologist unearthed a palm sized figurine of a woman. This woman has been given the name Venus of Willendorf. Willendorf was a nearby village in Australia‚ where the palm sized artifact was found. Venus of Willendorf’s place in history has been debated over the years. Technology advancements have made a more possible guess to her age being somewhere between 24‚000-22‚000 BCE. (pg.1) Venus of Willendorf
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Venus of Willendorf The Paleolithic era was the time of Homo-sapiens ascendancy. They were hunter-gatherers who survived off of killing animals for food and gathering things such as berries‚ nuts‚ and roots. They became more advanced than their ancestors by making tools like the hand axe‚ chisel‚ the arrow and spearhead‚ and the grinder. With some of these tools they would carve small sculpture‚ the most famous of which is the Venus of Willendorf‚ a figure representing the ideal woman. In today’s
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The Venus Willendorf and Laussel During the Upper Paleolithic era artists created a wide range of small sculptures. These sculptures were made from various materials‚ including ivory‚ bone‚ clay‚ and even stone. They represented humans‚ as well as animals; they even combined them at times. Most of the sculptures from this time show a high level of skill. From this time‚ there were two very influential sculptures‚ The Venus of Willendorf and the Venus of Laussel. This paper will discuss both
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Venus of Willendorf from Willendorf‚ Austria 28‚000 – 25‚000 BCE Limestone Naturhistorisches Museum‚ Vienna Paleolithic - representation of a woman - female anatomy is exaggerated - serves as a fertility image - no facial features‚ just hair/hat - freestanding sculpture Statuettes of 2 worshipers from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (Tell Asmar)‚ Iraq 2700 BCE (early dynastic/Sumerian) Soft gypsum and inlaid with shell + black limestone Iraq Museum‚ Baghdad - represent mortals praying
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The Venus of Willendorf is one of the oldest and most famous early images of a human. She represents what use to be the “ideal woman” with her curvy figure and the emphasis on fertility seen in the features of her sculpted body. This paper will analyze the Venus of Willendorf sculpture in terms of its formal analysis. Most of the information about the Venus of Willendorf is based on scientific research and theory because there is no actual documentation that dates back as far as the sculpture.
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ARH2050 Venus of Willendorf: An Annotated Bibliography Witcombe‚ C. 2003. “Women in Prehistory: The "Venus" of Willendorf” http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore/Willendorf_portfolio.htm Witecombe’s article was useful in describing the material the figure was carved from‚ oolitic limestone. He described the material as nonnative to the region‚ which he inferred that the figure must have traveled there from another area. Witecombe also described the method the Venus of Willendorf must have
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Compare and Contrast: Venus of Willendorf vs. Cycladic figures What is the difference between two figures that both represent the same basic idea? Give up? Well don ’t worry‚ by the time you are done reading this paper you will be fully versed in the answer to this interesting and quite debated question. Venus of Willendorf "was found on August 7th‚ 1908 during a systematic excavation in the ninth and highest layer of Site II in Willendorf‚ Austria by Josef Szombathy. The most recent estimate of
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woman‚ is the so-called "Venus" of Willendorf‚ is a 11.1 cm (4 3/8 inches) high statuette of a female figure‚ discovered at a Paleolithic site in 1908 at a Aurignacian loess deposit near the town of Willendorf in Austria. It is now in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. The statue was carved from oolitic limestone‚ and was colored with red orche. It is dated 30‚000 and 25‚000 BC. Her great age and pronounced female forms quickly established the Venus of Willendorf as an icon of prehistoric
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