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Paleolithic Neolithic Art
(Statues)Steven Yonkers-Ortiz
Female Fig.(Paleolithic)
23,000-21,000 BC
Limestone
H 10.2 cm
Kostenky settlement
I believe this figurine shows the way women were viewed in this time
period. The breasts are swelled and stomach expanded as almost to show
that women were pregnant for the majority of there lives.
The hands of the woman are behind her to almost show the insignificance of the woman as a male dominated society Also no description or detail
on her face.
Anthropomorphic Fig.
(Paleolithic)
20th-18th millennium BC
Fired clay
H 10.2 cm
Maininsk settlement, Siberia
This general human figure to me seems almost like a child toy. I
feel that it could have been used for entertainment in a young
child’s imagination.
Could also be a persons way of showing the rough portrait of the human figure. As documentation
purposes.
Bird Fig.(Paleolithic)
22th-21th millennium BC
Mammoth ivory
H 10.03 cm
Malta settlement
A goose like or swan figure. This feels like to me that it was taken
from a bird in natural habitat, due to its elongated neck, taken from a bird in flight or sailing on the water.
There seems to be a hole on the “handle” on the back of the
creature. Could've been used as a tool of some sort.
Female Fig.(Paleolithic)
22th-21th millennium BC
Mammoth ivory
H 4.2 cm
Malta settlement, Siberia
The woman in this figure seems to be really rugged and seems defiantly
used for a tool. The point at the top of the figure could've been used for digging or grinding of some sort.
This seems to be of a woman that is dressed in some sort of clothing from the time. Maybe in a pose due to the
hands crossed in front.
Head of Female Elk(Neolithic)
3rd millennium BC
Shigir peat bog, Sverdlovsk Region, the Urals
Elk horn
L 19.5 cm
Very well defined as a representable as an elk. The long snout seems like
it could be the handle to maybe a tool or a handle to a longer staff that would be connected at the neck.
The neck seems like it would be the part that would be used for the
machinery duty since the head is well carved.
Idol(Neolithic)
Usvyaty IV Settlement, Pskov Region
Second half of the 2nd millennium BC
Elk horn
H 9.3 cm
A male nude figure that seems to have been polished at its time and when it
was created probably looked beautiful. Over time looks like it has decayed or
broken.
The human form starts to come to shape. The human figure is not one
rectangle. The arms are disconnected from the waist and humanistic details start to show in the face of the figure.
Works Cited
Female Fig. http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1a.html
Anthropomorphic Fig.http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1b.html
Bird Fig.http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1d.html
Female Fig. (2) http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1c.html
Head of Female Elkhttp://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_2a.html
Idol http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_2b.html