The Woman of Willendorf and The Mask of Warka also known as The Lady of Uruk are both ancient artistic artifacts from the BCE time period. The Woman of Willendorf dates from the prehistoric era and was located in Willendorf, Austria while The Lady of Uruk dates from the ancient near East era and was found in the area of Uruk, which is now known as modern Baghdad. The Woman of Willendorf is a small, rounded statue with exaggerated body features and an abstract head. She is sculpted from sandstone
The Woman of Willendorf, Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, Jan Vermeer’s Woman holding a Balance and Paula Modersohn-Becker’s Self Portrait with Camellia each represent the female figure in their own specific and unique characteristics. Similarities and differences in the appearance, function, the variety of influences on each, and how their respective societies are reflected will be explained in detail. To begin with, The Woman of Willendorf was created out of limestone and measures at four and
Kaitlyn Vanhoose Professor Stacie Kitchen Art History 24 November 2015 Despite being made for two widely different cultures, The Venus of Willendorf and the Aphrodite of Syracuse have similar functions and characteristics. Venus of willendorf was founded in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy in Aurignacian loess deposit near the town of Willendorf in Austria and is now in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Venus is carved by oolitic limestone, carved by which may have been flintstones
prehistoric and Mesopotamian art and how they are influenced by each other and their current civilizations. First, we will focus on prehistory and the art in that time zone between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic era. The first forms of art discovered are from the Paleolithic era. In this era there are many depictions of animals, such as the cave paintings on