Woman From Villendorf

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When comparing these two works of art, I must first acknowledge the similarities to truly understand the differences. Upon my initial impression, I noticed both were frontal human forms of figurative sculptures. Both sculptures were created from stone using carved or subtractive techniques. Although these two works do have similarities they are also very different. Aside from being from different periods in history. Both figures were sculpted from stone however, Woman from Villendorf, was carved out of limestone while Kroisos, was sculpted from marble. Another difference I noted was the different sizes in scale and the representation of the two objects. The difference is obvious with Kriosos, standing at 6’4” compared to the Woman from Villendorf,

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