Venus figurines

the biggest difference between cultures is the way they choose to show the subject of the portraits. Venus of Willendorf from Willendorf Austria is an early example of portraiture. At first glance this may not seem like the conventional portrait because it isn’t a realistic depiction of a person. It may be of a specific person but it may also be an idealized rendering of the female body. Venus of Willendorf is a sculpture made of limestone; the fact that it’s a sculpture shows that the curves…

Auguste Rodin once stated, “What is commonly called ugliness in nature, can in art become full beauty”. In Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, made from 1901 to 1904, he applies his own philosophy to showcase the relationship of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Ramini from Dante’s Inferno, in the impressionism period. The marble sculpture depicts the two nude, sensually embracing in a corkscrew with their hands all over each other, sitting upon a rough rock-like structure. The sculpture is carved in the…

We as the viewers of art begin at the focal point of the painting Naked Maja, a reclined female nude depiction, oil on canvas created before 1800 (MUSEUM PRADO). It scales at 98 x 191 cm 1800 and was painted by artist Francisco de Goya Y Lucientes from Fuendetodos, Zaragoza and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid for public viewing (MUSEUM PRADO). Where the observer's eyes are first drawn when looking upon Naked Maja, is her face, and more distinctly her eye. Mostly due to the tendency of…

represent what a culture or society values in looks and propaganda. One of the first sculptures of the human body found was the Venus of Wilendorf. It was discovered in Austria in 1908 near the village in lower Austria called Krems. The Venus of Wilendorf is an image of a women, its about 4 inches tall with her main features grotesquely larger. There are two attributes to the Venus of Wilendorf that stuck out, her arms are meshed in so much with her big stomach it doesn’t look like she…

Venus of Willendorf, Paleolithic Period, c. 24,000-22,000 B.C.E. Limestone painted with red ochre, 11.1 cm tall. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna The Venus of Willendorf is the most well known sculpture mobiliary art of the Paleolithic period. It was discovered in 1908 outside the small Austrian village of Willendorf by josef Szombathy, an Austro-Hungarian archaeologist. It is named after the Roman goddess of love, Venus, and since it was discovered in Willendorf, it came to be known…

Knowing that Manet has chosen to use Titans model for his painting, he leaves out a lot of the techniques titian makes his painting feel warm and inviting to the viewer. Titan paints Venus as a seductive enchantress of the nude. Making her appear warm and inviting and not overly bearing staring at the viewer, but hinting at the viewer to come in closer. Where Manet has painted his Olympia overbearing to the viewer, staring directly at…

the short story "All Summer In One Day" by Ray Bradbury, there is no sun where the main character Margot lives. It takes place on Venus, a young girl named Margot, who once lived on earth faces the hardships of life with nothing but a slight memory of the sun. For the past five years of her life she was told she was a liar until now. Therefore, Margot is unhappy on Venus, because she has nothing to be happy about. She doesn't have the once beautiful and upbeat climate, she doesn't have someone…

As many know, a Venus flytrap (or Dionaea muscipula seed) achieves its energy not only through photosynthesis, but through devouring its prey (dragon flies, mosquitoes, etc.). The Venus flytrap’s “mouth” (trapping mechanism) is very rough and is always green. This part of the organism’s body is also covered with a fragrant nectar that attracts its prey towards it. When the prey reaches the Venus flytrap, it begins to feed off of the nectar. Once touching its leaf, the prey sets off a twenty…

living on Venus and is different from everyone else. In the beginning, all the kids on Venus were pressed against the window. The kids are waiting for the sun to come out. Soon, the kids go and put Margot into a closet. The kids on Venus finally get to see the sun. In the end, a girl starts crying because it starts raining. Then finally the kids on Venus come inside and then they remember Margot in the closet. This story shows that Margot is different from all the other kids on Venus. One…

The subjects to be analyzed and compared in this essay depict different variations of the Roman goddess of love, Venus. The first topic of concern involves the famous painting by the Italian master Titian, “Venus of Urbino” which was completed in 1538, attributed to the Renaissance era. The second piece, “Olympia” was inspired by the original painting “Venus of Urbino”, but instead Eduoard Manet, adjusted the character in the original painting, and added more drama, something which sparked…