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Paleolithic Art: The Lion and the Venus of Willendorf

Posted on Monday June 2nd, 2008 at 05:44 in websites, scale, ulm, paleolithic, venus of willendorf, lion man, stadt museum, ulmer museum

As I described in the previoust post, one of the primary appreciations that I aim to cultivate in students is that of scale. These two objects serve this purpose well - while the Lion Man almost stands one foot in height, the Venus of Willendorf bare...