Venus of Savignano [SEP] time of discovery
Venus of Savignano
The Venus of Savignano is a Venus figurine made from soft greenstone (serpentine) dating back to the Upper Paleolithic, which was discovered in 1925 near Savignano sul Panaro in the Province of Modena, Italy.
With in height, in width and in depth, and with a weight of , it's one of the largest known Venuses among the about 190 dated to the Upper Paleolithic in Europe and Siberia. With a proposed dating of 25,000–20,000 years ago, it is considered one of the earliest expressions of
, Paolo Graziosi made a stylistic comparison between the Venus of Savignano and other figurines such as the "Venus of Trasimeno", the figurines from Balzi Rossi in Ventimiglia and the recently discovered (1940) "Venus of Chiozza di Scandiano" in Reggio Emilia; due to that, he again confirmed the Upper Paleolithic age of the figurine in his cross-presentation to Paleolithic art in 1956.
See also.
- List of Stone Age art
Literature.
- "La Venere a Savignano. Esposizione dal 5 Aprile