The Venus of Laussel is an 18.11-inch-high (46.0-centimetre) limestone bas-relief of a nude woman. It is painted with red ochre and was carved into the limestone of a rock shelter (Abri de Laussel) in the commune of Marquay, in the Dordogne department of south-western France. The carving is associated with the Gravettian Upper Paleolithic culture (approximately 25,000 years old). It is currently displayed in the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux, France.
Detail of the head.Detail of the right arm and the horn.Detail of the left arm and hand.
The VenusofLaussel is an 18.11-inch-high (46.0-centimetre) limestone bas-relief of a nude woman. It is painted with red ochre and was carved into the...
show no indication of pregnancy. The Venusof Willendorf and the VenusofLaussel (a rock relief rather than a figurine) bear traces of having been externally...
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established by that time." VenusofLaussel, France, c. 23,000 BC Male figurine, mammoth ivory, Anthropos, Brno Venusof Lespugue Venusof Dolní Věstonice Female...
forms of women were often strangely obese. The VenusofLaussel is one of the earliest examples. With the beginning of the Mesolithic the amount of figurative...
the primary symbol of Nanna/Sîn, the ancient Sumerian lunar deity, who was the father of Inanna/Ishtar, the goddess of the planet Venus (symbolized as the...
Non-painted art exists as well, i.e. the VenusofLaussel which was carved into the limestone wall. The idea of art for art's sake, which was held by some...
000 BP Wild horse from the Vogelherd cave, Germany, c. 33–35,000 BP VenusofLaussel c. 27,000 BP, an Upper Palaeolithic carving, Bordeaux museum, France...
Chauvet Cave, c. 30,000 BC Venusof Dolní Věstonice, Gravettian, c. 29,000 BC VenusofLaussel, Gravettian, c. 23,000 BC Venusof Brassempouy, c. 23,000 BC...
Marshack. Feminine figures, such as Venus of Willendorf and Venus of Laussel, bear traces of having been covered in red ochre. Singer and songwriter Polly Wood...
upon tapestry or carpet. Scholars have speculated that the Paleolithic Venus figurines[unreliable source?] are related to such puberty rites as they...
responsible for Venus figurines, cave paintings at the Chauvet Cave (continued during the Gravettian period). Périgordian (c. 35,000 - 20,000 BP) – use of this term...
the rich and complex body of art left behind by Paleolithic artists, particularly the elaborate cave art and enigmatic Venus figurines they produced. The...
artifacts of other prehistoric partnership societies (artifacts such as the VenusofLaussel). It is believed that the Goddess was a symbol of life and...
Laussel, etc. stand out. At the male level, the representation of the phallus—generally erect—in isolated form or in full body, was also a sign of fertility...
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