Ugly or Beautiful

Ugly or pretty? It is well known that beauty and ugliness ar opposites. If that is so, how can art be ugly and ravishing at the same time? Some pieces of art are ugly to the eyes but pretty-pretty mind. The Venus of Willendorf (Venus of Willendorf 1-3) is an example of such. It is a sm solely fancy of a large charr. She has very large titty with skinny little arms rested on top of them. Her breast lay on her counterbalance larger stomach, which hangs down to just above her pubic area.Her pubic area and belly button are well defined but there is only small evidence of nipples. Starting at her extensive hips her thighs touch and press together down to the knees, and then become much smaller than the rest of her. Her passing is completely wrapped with what seem to be braids, with no face visible. This figure, at first glance, and second, isnt genius of beauty. After all, it is a rather plump nude woman with no face. But, looking closer and noticing where the fury lies gives i t a different look.The womans breasts, stomach, and pubic area grab the most attention all three of these being attributes of a womans fertility. It seems as though they are being employ to show a celebration of her fertility and ability to have strong children like her. Looking deeper into this figure it can go from something ugly to something special. Another example would be Punitavati (Punitavati/Karaikkal Ammaiyar Intro 8). Punitavati is a bronze form of a rather grotesque woman. She is very lanky.She sits with her bony legs crossed and spread, her arms in front of her retention a small musical instrument. She has the face of a crone, with large high raised eyebrows, a considerable protruding nose, and a fang-toothed smile. Her entire body is bone skinny, except for a slight bulge in her stomach. This sculpture was made to symbolize her immense inner beauty. According to legend, this now hag-like woman was once stunning. Her maintain had left her because she gave away one of his mangoes to a beggar. She then turned her god, the Hindu Shiva, offering up her beauty.Shiva accepted, round her into this figure. Her appalling appearance is used to show the beauty of her generosity and sacrifice. One other would be mutinous Silence (Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence 20-33). This is a photograph of an Iranian woman, she is wearing a traditional Iranian womens wardrobe, except her face is completely uncovered. Calligraphy is written across her entire face likewise her eyes, and straight through the middle of her face she is holding up a gun barrel. This image wouldnt strike most as an object of beauty.It does grab your attention though. It makes you stare at the woman who is staring so intensely back at you. She wants to make her presence known and speak verboten in a country that doesnt see women as equal. She is a strong and defiant woman. The extended you hold her gaze the much you can see the beauty in her braveness. All art whitethorn not be pleasi ng to look at, but a lot of the time there something deeper and more appealing in the meaning. Sometimes you must search to find the beauty of something ugly.