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Questions to Ask when Analyzing Venus Figures in Art

Learn about the factors that influence the creation of Venus figures and their purpose. Discover the conventions and characteristics associated with these artworks. Consider the representation of real women and the potential influence of gender in their creation.

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Questions to Ask when Analyzing Venus Figures in Art

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  1. Questions to ask while looking at new works or art. • How do factors such as time, place, and ideas affect the visual artworks? • Why has the artwork been create? What is the purpose? • How would I critique the artwork? (Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Evaluate)

  2. Venus Figures

  3. Conventions (characteristics) • Indication of hair • Head tilted forward • Featureless face • Exaggerated breasts • Protruding stomach • No feet • Sometimes jewelry

  4. Purpose A deity -Mother Goddess or Earth Mother A fertility amulet -Painted red to symbolize female reproductive cycle Or even. . .

  5. Matriarchy ruled These figures usually found in excavated home sites.

  6. Real Woman? • Diet of fat & marrow • Sedentary life • Life of relative leisure • Size indicates status • Not hunter/gatherer body type Probably Not

  7. Other Venus

  8. What’s different?

  9. Artists of Venus Figure? Was it a man? or Could it have been a woman?

  10. What goes around comes around!

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