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Timeless Beauty of the 25,000-Year-Old Venus of Brassempouy

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About 25,000 years ago an Upper Paleolithic artist took up a piece of ivory and lovingly carved the details of a woman’s coiffed hair or headdress, gracefully curved chin, intense eyes, and carefully defined nose. Little did the artist know, the head of the figurine would eventually become one of the earliest known representations of a human face. Today, the fragmented figurine is called the Venus of Brassempouy.

It is a piece of a prehistoric figurine that was discovered in France. An alternative name for the Upper Paleolithic artwork is ‘La Dame de Brassempouy’, which means ‘the Lady of Brassempouy. The Venus of Brassempouy is a type of statuette referred to as ‘Venus figurines’. This term (now considered to be controversial as well as inappropriate) was coined during the 19th century, as their physical features, which may be interpreted as signs of fertility, have led to their association with Venus, the Roman goddess of love.

Drawing of La Vénus impudique or Venus Impudica (

Drawing of La Vénus impudique or Venus Impudica (“immodest Venus”) – the statuette which gave this class of figurine its name. (Public Domain)

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