Women in Art

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an ancient greek vase with two women and a man in the center, on a black background
Douris Cup, Vatican c. 470 BCE Look at the snakes coming off of Athena's Aegis...and the Medusa "head" on her chest not on her shield.
an ancient figurine is shown on a gray surface
A Rare Ancient Carved Ivory Mesopotamian Votive Figurine of the Goddess Ishtar
Carved Ivory Mesopotamian Votive Figurine of the Goddess Ishtar, Circa 3000 BCE. Ishtar, known as Inanna to the Sumerians, was universal as a goddess in various forms in the ancient middle east. She was the Akkadian supreme goddess of sexual love and fertility and was also the goddess of war, ‘the lady of battles’. Her symbol was an eight pointed star that was identified with the planet Venus; later the Romans knew her by this name.
an ancient statue is shown on a gray background
Kore Holding a Dove, 525-500 BC Greece, Rhodes, late 6th Century BC
an old bronze statue with a woman holding her hands to her face and looking at the sky
Female Worshiper | Cleveland Museum of Art
Female Worshipper, c. 1600-1500 BC Crete, Minoan, Middle Minoan III - Late Minoan I
an image of a piece of art that is on display
Female Figurine 22th-21th millenium BC, Paleolithic. Mammoth ivory, Malta settlement, Siberia This stylized figure is flattened, the head round with a wide, flat face with eyes and nose marked. Incised lines convey breasts, arms, legs and genitalia. Such stylization and generalization in representing women are characteristic of the Malta artistic tradition.
Athena with Medusa head on her shoulder....here I believe truly that this was a warrior mask worn in battle and that Medusa and Athena are one in the same. Just my opinion... Black Figure Pottery, Classical Greek Art, Mythology Symbols, Medusa And Athena, Head Of Medusa, Ancient Creatures, Terra Sigillata, Clay Slip
How Has the Gorgon Medusa’s Curse Kept So Many Scholars Blind to Athena’s True Identity?
Athena with Medusa head on her shoulder....here I believe truly that this was a warrior mask worn in battle and that Medusa and Athena are one in the same. Just my opinion...
a stone sculpture in front of a building with trees and bushes around it, on the side of a dirt road
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Medusa head frieze of 2nd century A.D. from the architrave of Didyma, Hellenistic Temple of Apollo
an ancient sculpture is shown in black and white, with other sculptures on the wall behind it
Medusa at the center of the pediment of the Temple of Artemis at Corfu, c. 580 BCE