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Discusses the discovery of the statue "Venus of Willendorf". Also explains and interprets the characteristics of the statue.

Her great age and pronounced female forms quickly established the Venus of Willendorf as an icon of prehistoric art. She was soon included in introductory art history textbooks where she quickly displaced other previously used examples of Paleolithic art. Being both female and nude, she fitted perfectly into the patriarchal construction of the history of art.

A video about the various optical illusions that exist in the parthenon.

Babylonian Creation Myth, free preview of printed book, available pages are explanation, summary, facts of discovery of the tablets and this myth.

Created by Heather Gustafson. Overview: In this website you will explore the discovery of Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans and ...will examine three frescos which he had reconstructed (bull leaping fresco included).