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#Gimbutas

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@vlrny thanks! The goddess drawings are close to my heart -I have a bunch of them, based on ancient artifacts (and interpretations) from the archaeology and archaeomythology work of Marija Gimbutas
(here's an intro if you aren't familiar- this is not a dull scholarly film)
youtube.com/watch?v=BjE2-H1R9Z
Here's another drawing from the same time- then a blog link to follow
#art #MastoArt #painting #drawing #Goddess #animist #Gimbutas

Drawing based on an ancient pottery figure- a smallish slightly conical figure with a proportionately large slightly pointy head, wide neck and short body, arms are barely a suggestion and there is a slightly inset base rather than feet or legs. It is kind of as if she is wearing a robe, but maybe it is just her body; she has blob like breasts also. Eyes are slanted and featureless (more like holes), there is a nose with nostrils and an open mouth. The original figure this was based on was probably a vessel for pouring water or other liquids out the mouth hole. Because of that and also the rather geometric markings around the 'waist' (also a 'necklace) which had symbolic meaning, she has been interpreted as possibly a Water Goddess. She is painted in earthy brown tones with light highlights and charcoaly shadows. Acrylic tempera with various coloured pencils and pastel etc sticks have been used. The background is painted in muted reds to the left, blending to dull violet on the right, not fully reaching the bottom of the paper.
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