Venus of Willendorf

Venus of  Willendorf

Nomadic people live and hunt in small groups and rarely stayed in one place for a long time. Early last century, excavations at the start near the small village of Willendorf, led by three archaeologists Austria on 7 August 1908. A worker who made ​​the discovery, he found a sculpture that originated over 25,000 years ago. three archaeologists were then decide a case (name). They named the Venus of Willendorf invention. Understanding Venus in the past can be applied to women without clothes. The statue which they found only a handful of adult hands, about 10cm, which carved the limestone. The statue of Venus is an early clue, why the modern world dominated unrealistic body image.  

 thigh                                                        chest

sexual organs

Seen from the shape, Venus is not realistic, chest, abdomen, hips and thighs very, very large, even the sex organs, Venus may be a symbol of fertility or mother.



articles and pictures taken from the video how art made ​​the world # epidode 1 - MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN