2-1-1 Short Answer: Choosing Your Artifact - 2 Is there an object associated with one of the cultures you belong to that is particularly meaningful to

2. Is there an object associated with one of the cultures you belong to that is particularly meaningful to you?Is the artifact created or worked on by a human being? (If you answered no, it is not an artifact.) Yes,There is an object associated to being a woman which I am. The statue Venus of Willendorf found in 1908 by the archaeologist Josef Szombathy is very unique to me due to the large body parts on the woman. For example, In today's society it is looked down upon for a woman to have a large midsection,”Disproportable body” and droopy breast. Even models on television or magazine covers todays have the perfect”Hourglass”figure. I can see the appreciation for the childbearing woman back 25,000 BC years

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Unformatted text preview: ago. The work of art was indeed worked on by archaeologist Josef Szombathy in Austria. 4.Does it embody the creative expression of ideas? (If you answered yes, it is an artifact. If you answered no, it is not an artifact.) The picture above is the famous painting “ Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh. This painting was completed in 1889 with oil paint on a canvas. Van Gogh created the famous painting while he was fighting mental illness at Saint Remy de Provence. The canvas creates the idea of sadness/loneliness by the dark colors and swelling of the wind. The painting is an artifact because it was manmade and does not serve a single purpose....
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