The Venus of Willendorf is an 11.1-centimetre-tall (4.4 in) Venus figurine estimated to have been made c. 30,000 years ago. [1] [2] It was recovered on 7 August 1908 from an archaeological dig conducted by Josef Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier, and Josef Bayer at a Paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria.

维伦多夫的维纳斯 （德語： Venus von Willendorf）是一尊高11.1厘米（4.4英寸）的 维纳斯小像，制作于距今25,000至30,000年之前。 [1][2] 此塑像由考古学家约瑟夫·松鲍蒂、胡戈·奥伯迈尔和约瑟夫·拜尔于1908年8月7日在 下奧地利 瓦豪的维伦多夫附近的一处旧石器时代遗址进行考古工作时，由一位名叫约翰·韦兰 [3] （或名曰约瑟夫·维拉姆 [4]）的工人发现的。 [5][6] 该塑像的原材料为来自其它地方的 鮞粒 石灰岩，并且还曾用 赭石 进行过染色。 目前这尊雕像已被 維也納 自 …

2025年1月3日 · Venus of Willendorf, Upper Paleolithic female figurine found in 1908 at Willendorf, Austria, that is perhaps the most familiar of some 40 small portable human figures (mostly female) that had been found intact or nearly so by the early 21st century. Learn more about the Venus of Willendorf in this article.

The artifact known as the Venus of Willendorf dates to between 24,000–22,000 B.C.E., making it one of the oldest and most famous surviving works of art. But what does it mean to be a work of art?

2022年6月22日 · The Venus of Willendorf, also called Woman of Willendorf or Nude Woman, is a female figurine found in 1908 at Willendorf, Austria. The fertility goddess statue is considered a piece of Upper Paleolithic art, carved out of oolitic limestone. The Venus of …

出土于 奥地利 摩拉维亚的威伦道夫。 约作于公元前1.5万年至公元前1万年之间， 旧石器时代。 该作品是举世闻名的女性神雕塑，被人们称为“原始的 维纳斯 ”，又叫“母神雕像”。 女神的面部、手脚等细节表现较为粗糙，头部仅刻有卷曲的头发，而手臂细小。 女神的乳房、臀部等女性特征形象较为夸张突出，一般认为该作品具有类似巫术般的祈求生殖的目的。 作品强调 体积感 和 重量感，具有单纯化和抽象化的倾向，在雕塑史和人类 文化史 上占有重要地位。 中文名：威伦道夫的维 …

2022年11月10日 · The object commonly known as the Venus of Willendorf is a small (11.1 cm high) stone sculpture of a corpulent nude woman. Carved in the round — it is fully three-dimensional — created from a type of limestone called oolite, the figure has a distinctive shape, with massive breasts, stomach, and buttocks.

2022年2月28日 · The origin and key details of the making of the ~ 30,000 year old Venus from Willendorf remained a secret since its discovery for more than a hundred years. Based on new micro-computed...

Dating back around 29,500 years, the Venus of Willendorf is the most important object in the entire NHM Vienna collection and one of the most famous archaeological finds in the world.

We created Smarthistory to provide students around the world with the highest-quality educational resources for art and cultural heritage—for free. Cite this page as: Kayla McCarthy, "Venus of Willendorf," in Smarthistory, November 20, 2024, accessed February 7, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/artwork/venus-of-willendorf/.