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exhibitions
Willendorf, Austria:
Venus of Willendrf
01/12/2016 - 03/23/2016
Nude woman(Venus of Willendorf), from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE. Limestone, 11.1 cm.
One of the oldest sculptures known, this tiny figurine, with its anatomical exaggeration, typifies Paleolithic representations of women, whose child-bearing capabilities ensured the survival of the species.
Polykleitos:
Doryphoros
04/01/2016 - 05/10/2016
Polykleitos, Doryphoros(Spear Doryphoros). Roman copy from the palaestra, Pompeii, Italy, of a bronze statue of ca. 450-440 BCE. Marble, 6'11'' high.
Polykleitos sought to portray the perfect man and to impose order to human movement. He achieved his goals through harmonic proportions and a system of cross balanced for all parts of the body.
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