Venus of Eliseevichi

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The Venus of Eliseevichi is a Venus figurine from the Epigravettian.[1]

Venus figurine of Eliseevichi, ca. 15.000 BP, housed in the Kunstkammer, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The figurine was discovered in 1930, near the Sudost River in the province of Briansk in Russia. It is 15 cm high and was carved from mammoth ivory. Remarkably, the figurine depicts a young woman, just like the Venus impudique.[2] Although the figurine is assigned to the 'Venus' category, the statuette does not appear to be stylistically similar to other Russian Venuses - such as, Venus of Kostenky or the Venus of Gagarino.[3]

Literature[]

Henri Delporte: L’image de la femme dans l’art préhistorique, Ed. Picard 1979.

Weblinks[]

Description and pictures of the Venus of Eliseevichi

References[]

  1. ^ R.-M. Weiss, M. Merkel (Hrsg.): Eiszeiten: Die Kunst der Mammutjäger, p. 196.
  2. ^ Henri Delporte: L’image de la femme dans l’art préhistorique, Ed. Picard 1979, p. 182.
  3. ^ "Venus of Eliseevichi: Characteristics of Russian Figurine". www.visual-arts-cork.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
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