Tus kws tshaj lij Michelangelo tau tshaj tawm tias daim duab puab yog "qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm thev naus laus zis," piav qhia tias thawj tus kws puab yog Vajtswv, tus uas ua rau Adas puab puab av puab puab. Cov neeg paub txog txheej thaum ub kuj pom zoo nrog nws: ntawm thaj chaw ntawm cov neeg thaum ub, lawv pom cov duab puab ua ntau lub kaum txhiab xyoo dhau los.
Cov neeg Greek thaum ub, nyob rau hauv uas nws qhov kev ntseeg ib tus tuaj yeem nrhiav tau cov lus piav qhia zoo nkauj rau txhua yam tshwm sim, qhia zaj dab neeg ntawm qhov zoo li ntawm thawj daim duab puab. Ua ntej sib koom nrog nws tus hlub, tus poj niam Greek Greek Kora txiav txim siab los ua nws tus kheej cov duab ntawm nws. Nws hais txog tus qauv ntawm tus txiv neej hluas lub taub hau siv daim duab ntxoov ntxoo nrum rau hauv av, thiab tus ntxhais leej txiv lub txiv puv tus silhouette nrog av nplaum.
Yog lawm, thawj cov duab puab pom ntev ntev ua ntej cov neeg Greek. Thawj cov duab puab yog sawv cev, thawj zaug ntawm txhua tus, los ntawm poj niam cov duab puab ua los ntawm cov pob zeb mos, pob zeb, nyob rau hauv qee yam tsis tshua muaj - ntawm cov pob txha mammoth. Lawv ntawm ib haiv neeg qhov xwm txheej thiab raug hwm li thaj neeb. Cov kws paub txog tebchaws tau muab lawv lub npe "Palaeolithic Venuses". Cov tsos ntawm feem ntau ntawm cov "Venus" yog qhov sib txawv: lawv tsis muaj lub ntsej muag, txhais ko taw, tes ua haujlwm tsis zoo. Lub ntsiab tseem ceeb yog nyob rau qhov chaw ntawm lub cev ncaj qha ntsig txog kev yug menyuam - lub plab thiab hauv siab. Raws li cov kws tshawb fawb, lawv sawv cev rau cov duab dav dav ntawm tus neeg saib xyuas ntawm lub tsev hais plaub, lub embodiment ntawm fertility.
Lub keeb kwm ntawm duab puab nyob rau hauv nws cov niaj hnub kev nkag siab pib nrog ib qho ntawm qhov ntxov tshaj plaws kev vam meej - Tebchaws Egypt. Thaum xub thawj, zoo li txhua daim duab Iyiv, nws yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm lub ntees tuag ntees tuag. Cov neeg Iyiv ntseeg tias, ntxiv rau tus ntsuj plig thiab lub cev, muaj lub siab phem heev ob npaug ntawm tus txiv neej, nws lub neej dag zog, hu ua Ka. Thaum ib tug neeg tuag, Ka tawm ntawm nws lub cev, tab sis tom qab ntawd rov rau nws dua kom tus neeg yuav sawv rov qab los rau qhov chaw tom qab. Txhawm rau Ka kom pom nws lub cev yooj yim, ntxiv rau cov niam, ib daim duab ntawm tus neeg tuag tau muab tso rau hauv qhov ntxa. Tib lub sijhawm, tus kws kos duab sim ua kom tiav qhov siab tshaj plaws.
Los ntawm cov kab ke no, cov neeg Iyiv txheej txheem duab kos duab thaum ub tau loj hlob. Tom qab ntawd, cov neeg Iyiv tus neeg puab pib tsim cov duab ntawm pharaohs, lawv cov poj niam thiab lwm tus neeg muaj koob meej. Nws yuav tsum raug sau tseg tias lawv cov haujlwm tseem ceeb rau lawv cov realism thiab qib siab ntawm sab nraud zoo ib yam li daim tseem, tabsis lawv tsis zoo li qub thiab zoo li khov.
Cov kos duab ntawm cov duab puab tau mus txog qhov zoo tag nrho hauv Classical Tim Nkij Teb Chaws (5 xyoo pua BC). Cov duab puab loj ntawm cov qub txeeg qub teg tau tsim cov nuj nqis ntawm cov vajtswv thiab cov phab ej ntawm Olympiads, uas yog qhov txawv los ntawm lub cev zoo nkauj uas tsis muaj lub cev. Tsis tas li ntawd, thawj thawj zaug hauv keeb kwm, lawv tau kawm qhia kev qoj ib ce. Cov hauj lwm ntawm Miron, Polycletus, Phidias thiab lwm tus masters zoo tshaj plaws ntawm qub txeeg qub teg tau dhau los ua tus qauv tsis muaj dab tsi ua rau cov sculptors ntawm cov lwv tom qab.
