What did prehistoric sculptures portray woman as? In forms of beauty?

They did not portray women. At least not in the way we mean that word. Art in prehistoric time was magic. Just like motivational speakers and that hype about 'the secret' are doing these days. They made art to make the future.





If you painted hunters catching dear and buffalo, they would catch dear and buffalo. If you made a fertile statue of a woman your woman would be fertile. In essence a good baby machine.





Some people will call these 'mother earth' statues and as we can't ask them any more it may as well be that.What did prehistoric sculptures portray woman as? In forms of beauty?
yeah LOOK UP VENUS OF WILLENDORF AND YOU'RE ALL GOOD :)What did prehistoric sculptures portray woman as? In forms of beauty?
as the ';earthmother'; or goddess, since life comes from the female. Before the judeochristian men decided to become dominant and controlling, all things female were revered as the bringers of life. The Venus of Willendorf is one of the earliest pieces of sculpture mentioned in most art history books, although I believe that something from an even earlier time has been unearthed recently. These usually portray the figure as abundant, as earth provided abundance in good seasons (food) which is the source of staying alive...
The only kind of prehistoric art really were cave drawings; probably the closest thing to sculptures were fertility figurines of really fat women.
well fed (fat) with prominent secundary sexual organs (breasts butt) - the souces gives a link to an example - the venus from Willendorf about 25000 BC