tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674017470086473825.post4882436305040838495..comments2020-12-02T05:08:58.150-08:00Comments on Art 235Fall2011: Venus of WilendrofSabrina Sundellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18036022876704279665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674017470086473825.post-30498018713463170432011-09-30T13:13:22.245-07:002011-09-30T13:13:22.245-07:00Hi Sabrina,
Although the statue is a very tiny pi...Hi Sabrina, <br />Although the statue is a very tiny piece artwork from Paleolithic ago, she gave us lots of thought of beauty, marriage, and futility. I agree with you about the worship. I believed people who made this statue has many meanings in there. They worship her as God because she blesses people who is pregnant and protecting their marriage.O_Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522555400385471270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674017470086473825.post-69583936418390007102011-09-29T15:52:00.849-07:002011-09-29T15:52:00.849-07:00Hi Sabrina. You've brought up some interesting...Hi Sabrina. You've brought up some interesting ideas about attractiveness. Really, we have no idea whether the prehistoric artist intended for this sculpture to be beautiful or attractive, right? We can make guesses, but we don't know for sure because writing didn't exist in prehistoric times. We can try to judge whether or not we think this sculpture is beautiful by our own modern terms, but I think we need to be careful that we don't assume that our perception of beauty is the same perception that was held by prehistoric people. In all actuality, we don't know what they thought.<br /><br />I really like that the Witcombe article tries to bring awareness to how definitions for beauty have changed over time (which ties into the controversy regarding the nickname "Venus").<br /><br />-Prof. BowenAlberti's Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060586087447314960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674017470086473825.post-84905180846646917822011-09-29T08:58:07.575-07:002011-09-29T08:58:07.575-07:00Hi Sabrina,
I agree with you that this par...Hi Sabrina, <br /> I agree with you that this particular figurine may have been made to represent reproduction and, or that of a pregnant woman. Many people find pregnancy to be beautiful. Maybe it was used by those who were having trouble conceiving a child. Maybe they used to help induce conception via spiritual means.Theresa Vandenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12077835270835515924noreply@blogger.com