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I enjoy looking at art form many different types of museums such as Modern, Contemporary, and Abstract. I was searching the Internet and found a site called http://www.moma.org/. The site name is The Museum of Modern Art. It is amazing to see how so many different artists can think of so many interesting ways to express themselves. Some of the things I see in museums surprises me because I think "How did they come up with that?" and it turn out really interesting. A Lithograph called Le Grand Nu (The Large Nude) 1906 by Henri Matisse, this piece is really simple yet very strong in a sense that it kind of relates( to me, in my opinion) to Venus of Willendorf ca 24,000-22,000. The piece by Henri Matisse shows similar attributes to the Venus of Willendorf, the piece ,The large nude, the head appears to have no face, the breasts are extremely visible, and the position of the body is somewhat sexual expressing the idea of fertility just like the Venus of Willendorf. To see the piece I was talking about go to http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3ADE%3AI%3A2%7CG%3AHI%3AE%3A1%7CA%3AHO%3AE%3A1&page_number=41&template_id=1&sort_order=1 it will take you start to the picture of the piece.

~Lyndsey Coker