Early Female Forms

It is truly fascinating that in one area of the world at the approximate same time that this is being made in Malta:

Venus Figurine
Credit: Hamelin de Guettelet

that this is made in the Czech Republic:

Venus of Dolní Věstonice

These figurines are referred to a "Venus" Figurines. Their exact purpose is not known but suspect were for ritual or ceremonial fertility purposes: "The statuette follows the general morphology of the other Venus figurines: exceptionally large breasts, belly and hips, perhaps symbols of fertility, relatively small head and little detail on the rest of the body."(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Doln%C3%AD_Věstonice )

These figures were made in the Neolithic Era ( ca. 10,000 BC, by Mesopotamia. By ca. 3000 BC,) According to the website, Essential Humanities:

"Neolithic life revolutionized every aspect of human experience and endeavour, including art. Settled life enabled the development of pottery and permanent architecture, spurring painters to shift their attention away from caves to the surfaces of pottery and the walls of buildings (which were often plastered, thus providing an excellent painting surface). Likewise, sculptors turned their attention to sculpted pottery and architectural sculpture."- http://www.essential-humanities.net/art-overview/stone-age/

These voluptuous forms have always been appealing to me as a woman. They represent the female as "goddess". Their natural and fluid bodies truly embody the feminine form. The enlarged breasts and hips are the characteristics that draw suitors to women to reproduce.

Venus of Hohle Fels- Germany

Source:Wikipedia

I love that the Venus of Hohle Fels- could have been worn as an amulet. Now thats a woman with power.

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