Paleolithic Venus

A Venus figure or figurine is a prehistoric sculpture dating back as far as 35 thousand years ago. These are the oldest known forms of figurative art known to exist. Created by numerous Paleolithic cultures from the Gravettion period around 25,000 B.C, some researchers call this the first sign of intelligent beings on earth. The sculptures were prone to many different crafting techniques that included casting, the carving of softer rock material including limestone, calcite, ivory, and bone that often depicted an exaggerated and disproportional body of a woman. A softer source material helped the craftsmen sculpt the Venus figure more precisely. The sculptures are vastly skewed and often have a relatively tiny, faceless head in contrast with

The title of this piece is “Torso of Aphrodite/Venus”. This piece was discovered outside of Rome in 1771. Afterwards, it was purchased by a wealthy English collector, who displayed it in his home. Today, the piece resides at the

Bone and stone carvings from more than 30,000 years ago were used to understand cosmology. The Venus of Laussel is 1.5 foot high limestone bas-relief of a pregnant female with swollen distended breasts, painted with red ochre and a bison horn with 13 cuts. They believe the horn of the woman may represent the crescent moon and that the 13 cuts symbolize a relationship between the lunar cycle and the menstrual cycle.

Various pieces of art found thousands of years ago depict characters based on certain events and legends. I will be analyzing two works of art: The Sound Box of the Great Lyre, a wooden music box (33 x 11 cm) found in present-day Iraq c. 2600-2500 BCE, and Lapith Fighting a Centaur, a high metope relief (1.42 m) on the side of the Parthenon in Ancient Greece c. 447-432 BCE. The former represents a bull with a low relief under its head, depicting animals mimicking the lifestyle of humans. The latter exemplifies a nude man struggling against a mythical creature that is half-man half-horse2. Although these works are from across the world with completely different cultures, they both have similar

Part 1: During the 1960's an archeological dig conducted by James Mellaart took place in what is now modern day Turkey. Mellaart was just one of many archeologists who wanted to understand the civilizations of the Neolithic age, and Catalhuyuk (an early civilization which lived in what is now modern day Turkey) in particular. The dig led to a discovery of multiple female figurines made from baked clay called Venus figurines. These figurines were most likely created around 5,000 B.C.E.

This paper will discuss relative points and insights relating to sculpture of the Paleolithic era, specifically the Venus of Willendorf, through the essays of Christopher Witcombe.

I am writing about The Woman of Willendorf from the Paleolithic Period. This female figurine was named “Venus of Willendorf” by a archeologist in 1908. The statue was carved from limestone and was colored with red orche. The sculptor is 4 and 3/8 inches in height but seems much larger due to it’s rounded forms. This statue is an important icon of prehistory. Archeologists have suggested different ways of understanding the sifginicance from which it was made. One of the first suggestions is that it was a “Venus figure” or “Goddess” used as a symbol of fertility. The statue has an enlarged stomach and breasts, the pubic area is emphasized probably serving as a symbol of procreation. The second suggestion is that the sculpute may have been

The Paleolithic age or Old Stone Age is of an astonishing variety that ranges from simple necklace to monumental paintings. Therefore, art historians can only speculate on the function and meaning of one of the oldest sculptures, which Venus of Willendorf. However, this sculpture dates back to a time before history and writing. Nevertheless, the preponderance of female over male indicates a preoccupation with the woman, whose childbearing capabilities ensured the survival of species (Kleiner, F. S.2013). None the less, a description of the Willendorf figurine suggests too many scholars that this and other prehistoric statuettes of women serve as fertility images because the figurine breasts are enormous and larger in proportion. None the less,

For my essay, I chose to discuss Alexanders of Antioch’s, Aphrodite, or Venus De Milo. Although not the most elaborate sculpture, Venus De Milo tells a story in itself. It is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of love, beauty and pleasure and in some instances, honored as the Goddess of War. Its association with graceful beauty, as well as eroticism for the age, helps depict a multi-dimensional sense for the period and its common depictions.

Royal imagery such as this particular one adapted the statue type established for Venus, as rendered by the Augustan pediment and the figurine depicted in figure 3, in order to emphasize the motherly attributed of the represented imperial woman and to indicate the assimilation of the woman to Venus, the patron goddess of the Julian family.

People on the planet Venus have worshipped the Mighty Turtle for thousands of years. The Turtle gave the people of Venus food, shelter, knowledge, and, understanding. One day the people were asking him to give the ability to make their own food. He agreed so he made crops spine from Venus. The only problem with making crops is that they needed heat to grow. He displayed a plan to put a star in the solar system to heat the planet enough to be able to grow the crops. He decided to test his plan on other solar systems first just in case something went wrong.

Taking place during the month of July, all female members of all households would plant fast-growing plants on the top of the roofs of their houses, calling the garden the “Garden of Adonis”, as they were honoring Adonis. Theses plants would be nurtured for a consecutive eight days, and then completely ignored, left to die in the sun. Afterward, in which case all the plants died, the women grieved for the loss. Following, a play most likely based on Greek tradition was held, depicting Venus and Adonis’ wedding. To conclude the festival, Adonis effigies were made and placed in coffins.

Venus should be colonized instead of Mars because of Venus’s alike size to Earth, closer distance, and similar gravity. All of which would make establishing a colony easier. Space colonization is a step above space exploration, and indicates a long term presence outside of earth. Colonization of space is the best way to ensure the survival of humanity, the economic and scientific benefits can not be ignored as well.

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli is a Renaissance painting that depicts Venus being born out of sea foam onto a sea shell and other gods and goddesses are bringing her clothing. We can see that this is a Renaissance painting because it is realistic. It is realistic because there is light, depth, perspective, expression throughout the piece. Light is shown through the sun. Depth is also shown through shadows on Venus’s face, shadows on the other people’s faces, and shadows in the background. There are shadows on the shell, the sky, the sea, the ground, and the trees. Perspective is shown because of how Venus is front and center in the painting and how the other gods and goddesses around her and how there are things in the background

Mercury is a rocky planet, similar in surface to Earth's Moon. The planet lacks day to night variations in solar heating, it also has an unsteady climate as a result of this. Temperatures range from 90- Kelvin to 700- Kelvin. It is considered geologically dead and has been for a long time.