{The History of Art[:]}{The Paleolithic Period [continued (7)] – The Paleolithic Venus [continued (3)]}[7th November 1990]

[Redbook8:91-93][19901107:1007g]{The History of Art[:]}{The Paleolithic Period [continued (7)] – The Paleolithic Venus [continued (3)]}[7th November 1990]

19901107.1007

[continued]

‘The greatest achievements in naturalistic representation in the Upper Paleolithic period (whether in two dimensions or three), with one very important exception, were made at a late stage. This exception is the group of miniature sculptured female figures, described as “Venuses”., that are found between Europe’s Atlantic coast and Siberia at an early stage of the Upper Paleolithic, a period described variously as the Upper Perigordian or Gravettian, * which dates from c27,000 to 23,000 years ago.’**

*{cf [entry before last (&f?), [Redbook8:91-93][19901107:1007e]{The History of Art[:]}{The Paleolithic Period [continued (5)] – The Paleolithic Venus}[7th November 1990](&f?),] 91}

** – ibid [The Encylopaedia of Visual Art], 6, ‘Paleolithic Venuses’

[The whole of the article or essay referred to here, which takes the form of an inset box in the Encylopaedia of Visual Art, with 8 illustrations, is photocopied in the ms at this 7 the last previous entry [[Redbook8:91-93][19901107:1007e]{The History of Art[:]}{The Paleolithic Period [continued (7)] – The Paleolithic Venus [continued (3)]}[7th November 1990]&ant,] 92A; the opening extract included in this entry has been hand-copied into the ms]

[continued]

[PostedBlogger27082022]