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Ancient Greek Art + Prehistoric Art in Europe

As someone who is very into Greek gods, I love seeing them in art and how they were seen during that time and why they were there for the people of Greece and Rome!!!

In art during this time, there was art that depicted the nude figures of gods and people during the time In the nude

This is “statue; pediment.” When I first saw this in the reading, I was very interested

Seeing the 2 females with no heads and just lying there with really nothing on, and they look like they are hanging out on a girls’ night or something like that, but why are they in the nude??

Was it b/c during this time there was no shame in how they look or feel

Looking more into the gods and goddesses, this art piece depicts the birth of the goddess Athena from the head of her father, Zeus. By having this fall into the gods during this time, is showing gods/godness are beautiful in any way you see them.

“The Barberini Faun“, when I see this, I don’t know what to think of it

This piece made me speechless. I have never seen something like that in art ever. When I started looking into it more, I started to understand why it was made this way. And why the artist did this.

Seeing bodies like this in art is very different from now. For example, if someone made this today, they might or might not get in trouble, depending on who they are and what they have done in their life. And say if they are not a great person, they might get called out for it, and that takes away from the artwork, and then nobody cares. Its sad but its true.

When you first see this piece, you don’t think about why it was made, you just seem shocked!

This is why it was made:During the Hellenistic period, sculptors shifted their focus from depicting athletic, heroic idealized bodies to exploring a wider range of psychological states, exhaustion, and the realities of the human body.

By having this real thing shown in art shows that there are many things we still can not see in art,tell you know its true meaning.

Later Gader <3

There have been many important women in art during this time. Let us talk about it!!

The two points I will be mainly talking about are the kneeling statue of Hatshepsut and the Fragment of a Queen’s Face. They stood out to me the most when looking at the females in art during this time.

I picked those two because when I was looking up some art in Mesopotamia and Egypt, those two popped out to me mainly because b/c of the fragment of the queen’s face, b/c was it broken or did it just happen, plus the kneeling statue of Hatshepsut was trying to hide the idea that she was a woman.

Fragment of a queen’s face

When I first saw this piece of art, many things went through my mind.

1. what happed to her
2. who was she
3. did someone do this to her
4. was it just the environment she was in

As I kept looking at it, many things ran through my brain. The way she looks is very pretty. Like, almost magical in a way; maybe she was a god in some way. Then I looked at how she was broken. It looked like she was made that way. Maybe to show that she was only known for her looks? Or was to known for something else ,maybe something people did’t like about her and that is why we only see her lips. I believe ,she had a full face but someone broke it so she will not be remember.

Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

When I saw this for the first time in class, I was so shocked and especially fascinated to learn that Hatshepsut, one of the few female pharaohs of ancient Egypt, chose to depict herself in a traditionally male role. During this time, being a woman could mean many things; you could have been praised for it, or you could have been shut down, like in today’s world.

It really made me think about how women have been thought of so much, and they fight so many times, but still, they don’t get what they need and want.

Understanding what was on the artist’s mind during this time.

The Venus of Willendorf is a woman from 22,000 BCE. It was the first one found from this period. There have been many discussions about what this was made for and why it was made.

Understanding why this can be read in different ways in the 21st century

This art piece is very fun to look at; look at every part of the piece and understand why it was made. What went through their mind?

Parts to talk on

• Face
• Body

This art piece made me rethink many things about art and the brain, and about the career that I want to go into, by looking at the Venus of Willendorf. At first look was this why was the woman’s face covered? Was the art trying to make us look madly at the curves on her body? The first thing I look at in art and real life is someone’s face, not how their body looks. I want to understand their face and why they may look at something in a way that I don’t look at it the same way. I want to be the artist’s brain to fully understand why and who. But from my skills as a future social worker. I was thinking about the way the woman is she looks; she is stuck and was taken from someone, but soon i stared looking into it more, and I saw that it was not that.

I can start to look more into her outline and size. During that time, I believe there weren’t many kidnappings that I knew of. But I do believe this had to do with the woman at the time.

This art pice was great to look at and understand.

Peace out, girl, scout <33

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