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From: "Ron Hoggan" <[log in to unmask]>
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> [Ron] An observation that I've made, being a modern person myself, is that
> pregnant women seem to become particularly busty.
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Ha. Quite true. Then there, done that.
Quoting from the article:
"Cook suggested it could be symbol of fertility, perhaps even portrayed in
the act of giving birth. "
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"Mellars suggested a more basic motivation for the carving: "These people
were obsessed with sex." "
Hmmmm. But don't we always put a little of ourselves into the opinions that
we form when looking at art? I think it possible that Mellars is saying
more about himself than about the individual who made the little object. It
could be a fertility symbol, a pregnant woman giving birth, an idealized
version of what a woman actually looked like, et cetera. It does not have
to be representative of the actual physical appearance of women at the time.
Kath
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