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“Nanny’s House” Sod house constructed of whale bones and driftwood Tikigaq (Point Hope) Alaska
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Venus of Buret’ may refer to any of the five Venus figurines found from archeological site of Buret’ in Siberia near Irkutsk and the Angara river valley.[4][5][1]
Four of them are made of ivory and one of them is made of serpentine.[1] One of the figurines (pictured) made of ivory depicts a shrouded person. A similar shrouded figurine has been found from Mal'ta. Carvings on the figurine might represent decorated clothes. The figurine is partially sexually ambiguous due to lack of breasts, but it has an emphasized pubic triangle and vaginal area.[4]
Venus figurines by Mal'ta-Buret’ culture of the area are considered to be geographically isolated. They have features that differ from other Venuses of the Paleolithic era, as they have clothes, instead of being nude, and they also have elaborately carved faces.[4]
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The Aphrodite of Knidos (or Cnidus) was an Ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess Aphrodite created by Praxiteles of Athens around the 4th century BCE. It is one of the first life-sized representations of the nude female form in Greek history, displaying an alternative idea to male heroic nudity. Praxiteles’ Aphrodite is shown nude, reaching for a bath towel while covering her pubis, which, in turn leaves her breasts exposed. Up until this point, Greek sculpture had been dominated by male nude figures. The original Greek sculpture is no longer in existence; however, many Roman copies survive of this influential work of art.
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Sometimes certain excerpts from particular Wikipedia articles feel like works of art in themselves
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“Artist’s depiction of the separation stage of an out-of-body experience, which often precedes free movement”
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