Authors: AA.VV.
Publisher: Skira
Necklace: Ancient art. Catalogues
Year edition: 2009
Format: Paperback
Pages of the printed version: 144 p.
EAN: 9788857204765
€ 32,00
Extraordinary and mostly unpublished finds, including the original of the famous Venus paleolithic of Dolní Vestonice (dating back to around 27.000 BC), retrace the stages of the birth of European figurative art which revolutionized the human condition by laying the foundations of our civilization.
Published on the occasion of the great archaeological exhibition dedicated to the beginnings of European figurative art, Ancestors of Venus reveals our most remote past through the exciting prehistoric "venus", images of women, molded in clay at the dawn of our civilization.
Goddesses or women, mothers or maidens, in whose overbearing and essential forms the emotional universe of religiosity and the myths of our ancient ancestors is hidden and only partially shines through.
People who with ingenuity and industriousness were the protagonists of an era of great transformations, creators of a new system of life and thought which remains the shared foundation of the European world.
The evocative beauty of these prehistoric Venuses and the other masterpieces of art presented in the volume testify to the creativity, inspiration and technical expertise of these first communities which are expressed in the multiplicity of shapes and in the variety of decorations and in the triumph of colours.
Milan, Castello Sforzesco – Sala Sforzesca – 5 December 2009 – 28 February 2010
