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    ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART Chapter 1: The Birth of Art 1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf)‚ 28‚000-25‚000 B.C. 1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn‚ from Laussel 25‚000-20‚000 B.C. 1-7 Two Bison‚ 15‚000-10‚000 B.C. 1-9 Bison‚ detail of cave at Altamira‚ 12‚000-1‚000 B.C. 1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints‚ cave at Pech-Merle‚ 22‚000 B.C. 1-11 Hall of Bulls‚ Left wall‚ 15‚000-13‚000 B.C. 1-14 Stone Tower‚ Jericho‚ 8‚000-7‚000 B.C.

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    Venus‚ Cupid‚ Folly and Time From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Venus‚ Cupid‚ Folly‚ and Time) Venus‚ Cupid‚ Folly and Time Agnolo Bronzino‚ circa 1545 Oil on wood 146 × 116 cm National Gallery‚ London Venus‚ Cupid‚ Folly‚ and Time is an allegorical painting by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino now in the National Gallery‚ London. Around 1545‚ Bronzino was commissioned to create a painting which has come to be known as Venus‚ Cupid‚ Folly‚ and Time. It displays

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    Venus Factor Review Every woman in the world desperately desires to have an attractive body shape and size. However‚ due to the new lifestyles and eating habits in the modern society‚ some women have gained weight massively. Overweight destroys the shape and the size of the woman’s body. Therefore‚ most of them have been looking for solutions to reduce the unwanted body weight. Venus Factor is a fantastic weight loss program and a solution to many people. It is comprehensive and recommendable for

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    Analyzing a Stunning Painting: Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” Mythology has been part of the people for a long time now. People have adopted stories that make it possible to enlighten on how some aspects used to be in the past. Myths are aspects that form part of every culture‚ and are mostly used to give a meaning to varying issues. Since the inception of art‚ artists have developed the tendency of being influenced by myths in the development of varied artworks. To some extent‚ the artworks have

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    History of Western Art Alex Loewen 3/17/16 Venus at Vulcan’s Forge The painting that I chose to write about is Francois Boucher’s Venus at Vulcan’s Forge. This painting is a collection of four paintings completed for Jean-Francois Bergeret de Frouville. Boucher painted this particular painting in 1769. In the painting Venus is seen presenting her mortal son Aeneas and she wants Vulcan to make a sword for her son. The center of the painting is Venus floating on a cloud with Aeneas while Vulcan

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    These Paleolithic Art the Venus of Willendorff and Dolini Vestonice‚ are both estimated from the same time around 23‚000 to 28‚000 B.C‚ but discovered in two different locations in Europe. “Man-made artifacts from this period shows the very earliest signs of workmanship‚ from small personal adornments and cave paintings to the prevalent Venus figurines‚ which represent the earliest known works of figurative art.”(Holloway) These two figurines are believed to represent the symbolism of fertility or

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    Sandro Botticelli’ created the painting The Birth of Venus in 1480 during the Renaissance Movement. The painting shows Venus floating on a seashell. Off to her right is the god Zephyr with his wife. Zephyr is blowing Venus towards land. The image on her left displays a woman ready to cover up her image with a brightly intense red garment (Getlein‚ 2008‚ p. 398). To understand the paintings contextual properties‚ “The word renaissance means “rebirth‚” and it refers to the revival of interest in

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    A Woman from Willendorf - fat lady with penis boobs Venus of Willendorf 25‚000 BCE made of limestone Goddess‚ no face Woman from Willendorf‚ c25000 BCE.  oldest sculpture known.  anatomical exxageration. possible fertility idol.  paleolith representation of women B  Lion Human from Germany- 30-000-26000 BCE‚ mammoth ivory‚ tactile (cannot stand on its own) seen from all sides.  not life like or found in nature. C Loacoon and His Sons‚ 1st century CE. 2 sculptors‚ Athanadoros‚ Hagesandros

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    The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Period) marked the birth of art. During that period‚ humankind began to acknowledge the forms of human and animals‚ thus creating many sculptures and paintings in attempt to represent the world around them. Venus of Willendorf (ca. 28‚000 BCE.) also known as Nude woman‚ from Willendorf‚ Austria‚ was one of the earliest female figures manufactured in Europe during the Paleolithic period. The rise of civilization follows when humankind decided to build for themselves

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    three primary colors yellow‚ blue and red. The art piece measures 220.5 cm x 182 cm and is now located in the “Museo del Prado‚ Madrid.” As it can be seen on figure 9‚ the painting represents three goddesses and daughters of Jupiter in the service of Venus‚ the goddess of love. All three are naked‚ plump‚ two being seen by three-quarters and one from the back. Rubens has shown them next to a fountain under a garland of flowers and a landscape background. The faces‚ round and imbedded‚ are inspired by

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