Week 2: Daily #2

Venus of Willendorf means the Women of Willendorf. It is an eleven centimeter statue of a woman. It was made in approximately 22,500 BC, and found in1908. It was found by the archaeologist Josef Szombathy. It was made out of fine porous limestone not found in the region. This means it must have been brought to the area from another location. This suggests that art was real. This sculpture was completely based off of a real woman. There were no fake additives of changes made to the sculpture. It was designed as most women were in those days. These sculptures might have helped artists and people of those days to understand the type and look of what people and animals were, and the ways that they did different things. This might have made it easier to study and domesticate animals. Since both humans and animals are mammals, we probably have a lot of the same characteristics and our bodies are probably made of most of the same things. Art helps us to get a good look at things and understand the real build of most things. This helps us understand the personality of animals, and how we can domesticate them. I think that it is fascinating how a simple sculpture can change a huge part of our lives today. It is good to know that some of the things we achieve today will be considered incredible historical events in the future.