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    Planet Venus

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    PLANET VENUS Ladies and gentlemen‚ today you are going to witness the most exceptional and gorgeous alien in the universe from the planet Venus! Venera! Let us give her a round of applause. TRANSLATION Good day people of the Earth! You once believe that my planet is your morning star and evening star. After the Sun and the Moon it is the brightest object in your night-sky. My planet is Venus‚ my name is Venera and my people are Venerians. Venus was once like earth but as the sun expands

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    loved the cave paintings‚ I decided to research the Venus of Willendorf figurine. It is a prehistoric statue of a woman. There are similar statues as well. They are referred to as Venus Figurines and they are from the Aurignacian or Gravettian period of the upper Palaeolithic age. They were found from Western Europe to Siberia and were carved from ivory‚ bone‚ soft stone‚ or they were made from clay. The specific sculpture I chose was the Venus of Willendorf. It was found in 1908 by a man named Johann

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    The Venus Willendorf and Laussel During the Upper Paleolithic era artists created a wide range of small sculptures. These sculptures were made from various materials‚ including ivory‚ bone‚ clay‚ and even stone. They represented humans‚ as well as animals; they even combined them at times. Most of the sculptures from this time show a high level of skill. From this time‚ there were two very influential sculptures‚ The Venus of Willendorf and the Venus of Laussel. This paper will discuss both

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    A Trip to Venus

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    McClain Professor Green Honors English III Final Copy 13 February 2013 My Dream Trip to Venus At last I was at takeoff. 5…4…3…2…1…0… BLAST OFF! I was screaming‚ like I was on the world’s fastest roller coaster. Then in a flash‚ I was in outer space heading towards Venus. My name is Francesca‚ I’m 18 years old and it has always been my dream to become an astronaut and make it to Venus. Finally it has come true; my dream has come true. This is the story of how my dream came true.

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    The vast majority of prehistoric art was primarily created for religious purposes. For instance‚ Venus Figurines found in Europe‚ Stonehenge located in Southern England and the Passage Tombs all represent a presence of spiritual beliefs. During the Paleolithic and Neolithic era studies suggest humans began to progressively engage in religious behavior. Venus figurines are small statues of woman and they have been referred to as the “mother of goddess”. This indicates an immense possibility that

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    human‚ a woman‚ is the so-called "Venus" of Willendorf‚ is a 11.1 cm (4 3/8 inches) high statuette of a female figure‚ discovered at a Paleolithic site in 1908 at a Aurignacian loess deposit near the town of Willendorf in Austria. It is now in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. The statue was carved from oolitic limestone‚ and was colored with red orche. It is dated 30‚000 and 25‚000 BC. Her great age and pronounced female forms quickly established the Venus of Willendorf as an icon of prehistoric

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    The Birth of Venus

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    The Birth of Venus by Sandro Boticelli Visual Elements * Line * The main type of lines that are used in the Birth of Venus are mostly actual lines. The way they are used by the artist is to form specific shapes to tell a story about the goddess Venus. There are a few implied lines are used to create the ocean as to which Venus emerges from‚ as well as the waves in her hair to show that it has movement. The actual lines are used to create the shapes of the nature and the angels and

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    Venus (Research Paper)

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    VENUS: FEATURES AND EXPLORATIONS by Jessa Marie A. Derecho English 4-Faith Mrs. Esther P. Ocubillo 01 March 2011 VENUS: FEATURES AND EXPLORATIONS Venus is one of the most beautiful and tantalizing heavenly body. It is much closer to Earth than any other planets. Venus is a brilliant object in the night sky and sometimes brighter than any other stars in the heavens. Only the Sun and the Moon outshines her. Like the remaining planets‚ Venus revolves around the Sun inside the solar

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    Venus of Willendorf from Willendorf‚ Austria 28‚000 – 25‚000 BCE Limestone Naturhistorisches Museum‚ Vienna Paleolithic - representation of a woman - female anatomy is exaggerated - serves as a fertility image - no facial features‚ just hair/hat - freestanding sculpture Statuettes of 2 worshipers from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (Tell Asmar)‚ Iraq 2700 BCE (early dynastic/Sumerian) Soft gypsum and inlaid with shell + black limestone Iraq Museum‚ Baghdad - represent mortals praying

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    Prehistoric Art

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    Prehistoric Art (Venus of Willendorf & the Minoan Snake Goddess) Prehistoric art wasn’t a definite period of art. It was simply the name given to all art that occurred before recorded history. It was a way of reflecting beliefs‚ values and lifestyles to one’s culture. It was an era before any written history so everything was expressed through art. Prehistoric people created different art forms to represent where they belonged‚ where they were from and what they were part of. These people created

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