Chauvet Venus and Sorcerer Wood Print

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Chauvet Venus and Sorcerer. Digital oil painting.

One of the most uncanny cave paintings ever found.

The Salle du Fond, the deepest chamber in Chauvet Cave, keeps some disturbing treasures besides the cave lions, horses and rhinos. From the ceiling of the chamber, which is nearly 20ft high, a vertical cone of limestone hangs down ending in a point 3ft off the floor. It is on this hanging outcrop that the Venus and the Sorcerer are drawn in black charcoal.

The Venus is absolutely classical and characteristically Aurignacian or Gravettian. The black pubic triangle of the Venus, shaded in with black pigment, seems to be the heart of the composition. The legs, with plump thighs, finish in a point with the feet not shown.

The Venus is not isolated. There is a feline higher and to the left. To the right we find the the "Sorcerer" or man-bison. The relation of the Venus to the Sorcerer cannot be fortuitous.
The Venus is the earliest of the designs. T...

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