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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The representation of the female nude in art history exists in abundance; as does the prototype from which these nudes are styled. The focus of this essay will be the masterpieces Venus of Urbino‚ 1538‚ Titian Vecelli painted in the period referred to as the High Renaissance; being a study of methods systems and standardized practice of art. Along with Grande Odalisque‚ 1814‚ Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres‚ painted during the Neo-Classical period; concerned with the ideal‚ harmonious‚ naturalistic
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The venus fly trap is a carnivorous plant. That means that it gets some of its nutrients from eating living things like insects and spiders. If you’ve never seen a venus flytrap before‚ they look like a flower with mouths at the ends of some of the leaves. The “mouths” look like they have teeth all the way around them and they are opened wide until they are ready to eat. The venus fly trap isn’t going to try to eat until its prey lands on it or moves across it two times. It waits because it doesn’t
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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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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 Williams was born on June 17‚ 1980‚ in Lynwood‚ California. Her father was a former sharecropper who introduced Williams to tennis on the public courts near Compton‚ LA. She turned pro in 1994‚ and has since won seven Grand Slam titles‚ including five Wimbledon championships‚ as well as four Olympic gold medals (three with her sister‚ Serena). Williams lives in Palm Beach‚ Florida. She was born Venus Ebony Starr Williams on June 17‚ 1980‚ in Lynwood‚ California. Since turning pro in 1994‚ Venus
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The Venus Project’s “thinking city is either an inspirational concept in new city design or a spectacular visual dream with little practical basis. It is‚ in fact‚ difficult to interpret which Jacque Fresco’s elaborate designs fall under because of the vague‚ overly simple‚ often obscure and rather pedantic language used to describe these fascinating concepts. Under the umbrella concept of “Cities that Think”Fresco includes a Cybernated Government‚ University of Global Resource Management‚ Subterranean
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renowned classic in art. The culture the figure is from is ancient Greece. To Socrates and Plato‚ Aphrodite was a real god because she represented the giver of love and life and joy‚ among other things. Further back and in even more ancient times‚ this Venus or Aphrodite was the mother of all mankind‚ and although the roman’s didn’t restrict her to just being an aesthete‚ she also being a goddess who in battle assured victory‚ but this even was by no means a Roman invention‚ and this dates back to the
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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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Alyssa Marchozzi Mary Brown October 23‚ 2014 Art History A Venus de Milo Throughout history‚ we have discovered many amazing art pieces that have changed the world. One that stands out among them is the sculpture Venus de Milo which is known to be Aphrodite‚ the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is believed to be created by Alexander of Antioch during the Hellenistic Greek time period from 150-125 BCE. Prior to its discovery it is known to have had arms with the left one holding an apple
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