(January 20, 2013 at 5:44 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: But I, even as a usualy very rational individual draw the conclusion after seeing the Venus of Willendorf that it represents a Ideal.
The ideal that men had for women in that era, that in a time in which foos was scarce a "perfect" woman should be fat and have big tits.
And whereever a sociaty builds concepts of Ideal and perfect things, religious beliefs arent far away.
It's very likely that there was some religious aspect where the Venus of Willendorf was concerned. Not all ideals concerning "perfect" women have religious aspects, though. Here's the definition of buxom with an interesting quote.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/buxom
Quote:Healthily plump and ample of figure: "A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has since come to worship thinness" (Robert A. Hamilton)
The modern fad for stick insect figures came in with Twiggy and it had nothing to do with religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggy
That's why I can't be 100% certain that the Venus figures were meant to represent the Mother Goddess.
(I'm still trying to find out who Robert A Hamilton is.)
