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A blog dedicated to the history of art.

Disclaimer : All images posted on this blog have been found and collected from the internet .These images are not presented as my own work. Copyright still belongs to the owner / creator of each work.

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Venus de Von Gagarino, Tambour, Ucarania, ca.22,000 BCE. Volcanic rock

Venus de Von Gagarino, Tambour, Ucarania, ca.22,000 BCE.

The Venus of Hohle Fels, in a cave in Schelklingen, southern Germany, ca.40,000 - 35,000 BCE. found in 2008  mammoth ivory, 2.4 inches tall archaeologist: Nicholas J. Conard abstract (exaggerated) oldest known example of three-dimensional or figurative representation of humans

The Venus of Hohle Fels, in a cave in Schelklingen, southern Germany, ca.40,000 - 35,000 BCE.

Venus of Brassempouy, discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France, ca.23,000 BCE. mammoth ivory  one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face & hairstyle

Venus of Brassempouy, discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France, ca.23,000 BCE.

Bison with turned head, Madeleine, France, ca. 12,000 BCE. constructed out of a reindeer horn

Bison with turned head, Madeleine, France, ca. 12,000 BCE.

“Chinese Horse,” Lascaux, c. 15,000-13,000 BCE.

“Chinese Horse,” Lascaux, c. 15,000-13,000 BCE.

Carved Female (“Venus”) figure holding horn with markings, from Laussel, France, ca. 20,000 BCE. Limestone would have been painted with red-ocher paint  been suggested that the 13 notches on the ‘horn’ she is holding represent either the number of moons or the number of menstrual cycles in a year (or both)

Carved Female (“Venus”) figure holding horn with markings, from Laussel, France, ca. 20,000 BCE.

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