Ok, we’re actually going to skip the “caves” this year, although I highly recommend this film if you want to learn more about them on your own. Today we will discuss one of the oldest works of 3-dimensional art that has survived, the Venus of Willendorf. She is arguably the most famous object from pre-history. But ultimately, she tells us more about the present than about the past.
Here are the images we will be working with.
Readings:
- Smarthistory on the Venus of Willendorf
- J. T. Thomas, “The Cousins of Sarah Baartman: Anthropology, Race, and the ‘Curvaceous’ Venuses of the Ice Age,” medium.com, 4/1/16.
- Jess Posner, “Venus,” 2017
