Marcia Selsor on tue 3 feb 04
Dear Eleanor,
I worked with an art historian who was reseraching the concept that
these figures were self portraits by pregnant women. He had a number of
prenant woman make self portrait by looking down..(no mirrors). This
explained some of the proportions.
Ciao, Marcia
Eleanor wrote:
> I think if I were to make a "fertility" figure, it would represent a
> pregnant woman-- swollen belly, protruding milk-filled breasts-- a
> youthful body.
>
> The various "venus" figurines I have seen have features in common--
> pendulous abdomens and breasts, fat deposits on the hips-- features
> belonging to fat old women (and I'm a fat old woman, so I should
> know) who have long since ceased having the ability to bear children.
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