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[https://www.oxfordartonline.com/page/1653 by Oxford Art Online] | [https://www.oxfordartonline.com/page/1653 by Oxford Art Online] | ||
The 'Venus' of Willendorf is one of the most famous carvings from Europe's Palaeolithic period. Its extremely corpulent figure and emphasis on the female reproductive anatomy and lack of facial features have long inspired speculation that its function was as a fertility figure. | The 'Venus' of Willendorf is one of the most famous carvings from Europe's Palaeolithic period. Its extremely corpulent figure and emphasis on the female reproductive anatomy and lack of facial features have long inspired speculation that its function was as a fertility figure. | ||
=====Painting and Sculpture of Europe===== | |||
[https://www.artic.edu/departments/PC-10/painting-and-sculpture-of-europe by ART INSTITVTE CHICAGO] | |||
The Department of Painting and Sculpture of Europe oversees a collection, considered one of the finest in the world, that comprises more than 4,000 works dating from the 12th through the late 19th century. Among the highlights are important Old Master paintings, including a rare group of 15th-century Spanish, Italian, and Northern European paintings; 17th- and 18th-century paintings from most European nations; and El Greco’s most renowned painting in the United States, Assumption of the Virgin. The collection is renowned worldwide for its extensive and outstanding holdings of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works. | |||
