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Question: How come theres not female genitalia on ancient art statues!?
NOT that i want there to be!.!.!.but i recently went to italy, where they had the most beautiful statues! i went to florence, rome, and the vatican!. and there were tons of goregeous statues!. lots of them were of full naked men (in very good detail might i add!) and the women just had theyre breasts showing, but the rest of their body looked like a barbie doll!.!.!.!.like i said, not that i wanted to see stone vaginas all day, the question just popped into my head, and i didnt want to ask my tour guide because it was a hott guy! (how awkward!)!. do any of you know!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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It's because the sculptors made the statuettes with their legs closed and they tended to make them with thicker thighs!. So thicker thighs that are "closed" is going to hide their genitalia!. Now if their legs were spread, I'm sure you'd see their genitals!.
*I bet if they were "skinny" statuettes you'd see the cameltoe, but as you probably saw on your visit, these women were carved to show them carrying more weight (same as their paintings)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Good question!
Western art had and still has a taboo about female genitalia!.
Lot's of penises though!. I don't know why!.
If you want ancient statues with realistic female genitalia look up Indian Art!. They seem to be the only ones who ever did it!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
The male is the figurehead of all things!. also, if you think about it female genitalia is on the inside of the body not on the outside like breasts and male genitalia!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
women weren't supposed to be shown naked!.
also most of the naked male statues from greek art were suppose to represent gods or the perfect man-romans copied a lot of the style from greek artWww@QuestionHome@Com
Mr!. Bitter is correct!.
And ancient Indian sculpture is beautiful!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
I don't think sculptors like holes!. Did you check the men for all the holes that should be there!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Because there would be to many pervert abusing it!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!=)Www@QuestionHome@Com
I guess v@ginas were too complex to sculptWww@QuestionHome@Com
Any stone sculpture has weak points where they are the most prone to breakage, the arms, and penis being the most vulnerable!. Look at Venus de Milo!. In medieval times many sculptures with genitalia where vandalized, by having the genitalia whacked off in the name decency which was the custom of the day!.
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In Pere La chaise cemetery in Paris the resting place for many famous people is included the art deco tomb of Oscar Wilde!. The original flying figure on the front of the tomb had a pronounced stone penis!. The story or legend says two older women, shocked by the display thought it to be indecent and broke it off!. When found by the cemetery staff the penis was used as a paper weight in the cemetary office for years!. The monument was never repaired!.Www@QuestionHome@Com