The Earliest Art: Old Stone Age Art The Venus of Willendorf • feminine, statuettes dating to the Upper Paleolithic Period (45,000- 10,000 years ago) Venus • the collective term used to identify all obese Paleolithic statuettes of women. • Venus, was the Classical goddess of sexual love and beauty. Things of note: • Enlarged sexual characteristics • She has no facial characteristics • She is obese c. 24,000- 22,000 BCE Oolithic limestone 43/8 inches high
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The Earliest Art: Old Stone Age Art The Venus of Willendorf feminine, statuettes dating to the Upper Paleolithic Period (45,000-10,000 years ago) Venus.
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The Earliest Art: Old Stone Age ArtThe Venus of Willendorf • feminine, statuettes dating to the Upper
Paleolithic Period (45,000-10,000 years ago)
Venus • the collective term used to identify all obese
Paleolithic statuettes of women. • Venus, was the Classical goddess of sexual
love and beauty.
Things of note:• Enlarged sexual characteristics • She has no facial characteristics • She is obese
c. 24,000-22,000 BCE
Oolithic
limestone
43/8 inches high
More Venus..es?
LEFT: Venus of Dolni Vestonice, 29, 000 BCE clayRight: Venus of Hohle Fels the oldest Venus, mammoth tusk
Why should we study this art? What do you think it says about humanity that art was being created so long ago?