Probably not what you had in mind, but the first thing that popped into my mind after reading the subtitle of your post was Venus of Dolni Vestonice, a little ceramic figurine of a woman dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE. Beautiful piece of art in my opinion (although beauty standards have changed).
That looks like a pretty accurate representation of an elderly multigravida. Given the likelihood that it’s a fertility charm of some sort, it’s not really indicating anything about changing beauty standards. I imagine if it is a charm that indicating surviving multiple pregnancies was part of the significance.
User23|4 years ago