Though her head is rendered with mask-like
abstraction, there is no mistaking the voluptuous
sensuality of this woman's body. Intended for
burial in a tomb, she evokes the pleasures of the
temporal world, the promise of fertility and
rebirth to come. Her power, the magic and
mystery of life itself, is Universal, ever-present
and as old as time. No matter what else changes
in human civilization, the things this figure
represents remain constant. In her presence, we
share our emotions with the vanished culture
that created her long ago.
- (PF.2051)
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