Venus of Willendorf - Purpose and Meaning, goddess sculpture

Laura discusses the history of the Venus of Willendorf and analyzes different hypothesis of why she was created before presented her own theory. She interweaves storytelling with painting in her studio. Enjoy!

Sources: a couple hearty google searches, my imagination infused contemplation, and

Weber, G.W., Lukeneder, A., Harzhauser, M. et al. The microstructure and the origin of the Venus from Willendorf. Sci Rep 12, 2926 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06..., https://nature.com/articles/s41598-02...
Hitchcock, Don “The Venus of Willendorf” http://donsmaps.com/willendorf.html
Gimbutas, Maria. The Language of the Goddess. Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1989.

0:00 Intro and History
0:34 Discussion and Analysis
7:09 Story Time
8:40 Conclusion - tldr

Willendorf photo: By Bjørn Christian Tørrissen https://bjornfree.com/travel/galleries/, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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