Unknown, Venus of Willendorf , (ca. 28,000 - 25,000 BCE)limestone is hard, brittle, and
Unknown, Venus of Willendorf , (ca. 28,000 - 25,000 BCE) limestone is hard, brittle, and difficult to carve; it is a native material to austria arbitrary name’ named by location and after ‘venus’ greco/ROMAN goddess of love. venus is typically the only goddess depicted as nude, also the ‘ideal beauty’ likely a fertility figure; emphasis on the volume and sexual areas of figure (breasts, pubic area); most prehistoric figures were mostly of women and mostly nude consider size: since it’s small, it’s portable; the people are nomadic food gatherers, so it’s very important to take art with them -- source link
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